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Bug 496482 - Possible documentation bug in "4. Preparing the Disks"
Summary: Possible documentation bug in "4. Preparing the Disks"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installation Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: Normal major (vote)
Assignee: Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2013-12-30 11:58 UTC by daixtr
Modified: 2013-12-30 15:55 UTC (History)
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Description daixtr 2013-12-30 11:58:54 UTC
In "4.d. Alternative: Using fdisk to Partition your Disk", the doc said:

We need to make this partition bootable. Type a to toggle the bootable flag on a partition and select 1. If you press p again, you will notice that an * is placed in the "Boot" column.

The possible correction should be:

We need to make this partition bootable. Type a to toggle the bootable flag on a partition and select 2. If you press p again, you will notice that an * is placed in the "Boot" column.

The possible documentation bug is instructing to toggle the bootable flag via fdisk to /dev/sda1 instead of /dev/sda2 which is the boot partition.
Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-12-30 15:55:01 UTC
Indeed, thanks a lot!

Fixed in CVS, should show up on the site in an hour or so.