From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 15 17:57:28 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 487C01065670; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:57:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from adsum.doit.wisc.edu (adsum.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCD618FC0A; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:57:27 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LXU00G00PVRFE00@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:57:27 -0600 (CST) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.70.194]) by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LXU001ONPVP7O20@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:57:26 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:57:25 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <20120114053132.GA66064@stack.nl> To: Ariane van der Steldt Message-id: <4F131385.4060500@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.70.194 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-9, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2012.1.15.174514, SenderIP=76.210.70.194 References: <201201140116.q0E1GGCE055464@freefall.freebsd.org> <4F10DF56.8050702@freebsd.org> <20120114053132.GA66064@stack.nl> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20120107 Thunderbird/9.0 Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, eadler@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/164095: bsdinstall(8): using optional mount point field while partitioning results in error X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:57:28 -0000 On 01/13/12 23:31, Ariane van der Steldt wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 07:50:14PM -0600, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> On 01/13/12 19:16, eadler@FreeBSD.org wrote: >>> Old Synopsis: installer: using optional mount point field while partitioning results in error >>> New Synopsis: bsdinstall(8): using optional mount point field while partitioning results in error >>> >>> Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall >>> Responsible-Changed-By: eadler >>> Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Jan 14 01:15:02 UTC 2012 >>> Responsible-Changed-Why: >>> assign and fix synopsis >>> >>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=164095 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sysinstall >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sysinstall-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> Installer partition selection claims I must enter a mountpoint. >>> Filling in the mountpoint tells me I must not enter a mountpoint. >> >> I can't reproduce this. Can you provide more details? > Hi Nathan, > > You need another OS already installed on the disk already, in my case I > reproduced by installing Windows XP in a 8GB partition on an 80GB disk. > If you don't have another OS installed, the dialogs will not appear. > > Please see attached screenshots: > - 01: the dialog that came up > - 02: what I filled in > - 03: the resulting error dialog You can't provide a mountpoint for nested partitions. Since that dialog has a file type field, it can't conditionally remove the bottom line, which only applies to FAT32 or freebsd-ufs or such partitions. I guess something about this could be added to the existing help line, but it's already a little long. At some point we're likely to do a rototill of the partition adding dialog, and will make this a little clearer. For now, you have the error dialog that says you should leave it blank. -Nathan