From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 24 01:10:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CB09106566C for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F18C68FC1A for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:10:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9O1A0pv080986 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:10:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p9O1A0g4080985; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:10:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:10:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201110240110.p9O1A0g4080985@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Richard Yao Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DF7B106564A for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:07:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E3EF8FC0C for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:07:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9O17eXA010532 for ; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:07:40 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p9O17el1010531; Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:07:40 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201110240107.p9O17el1010531@red.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:07:40 GMT From: Richard Yao To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: misc/161950: FreeBSD 9 installer enters infinite input loop X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:10:01 -0000 >Number: 161950 >Category: misc >Synopsis: FreeBSD 9 installer enters infinite input loop >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 24 01:10:00 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Richard Yao >Release: FreeBSD9-RC1 >Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook >Environment: FreeBSD freebsd9 9.0-RC1 FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 #0 Tue Oct 18 18:51:43 UTC 2011 root@farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: I ran the FreeBSD9-RC1 installer on a KVM virtual machine with virtio network and storage devices. Since FreeBSD9-RC1 did not support those, it didn't see either of them. The installer entered an infinite input loop upon selection of guided mode, where it stated "An installation step has been aborted." with some information on my options. This lead to the installer restarting itself from the beginning, with the same result when it came time to partition the disk. I reconfigured the VM to use a SCSI device, which broke the first infinite input loop and then ran into a similar loop when it came time to configure the network interfaces, where I kept being asked if I wanted to configure IPv4. >How-To-Repeat: Try to install FreeBSD9-RC1 on a system that has no disk or network interface card. >Fix: Check to see if a disk or network interface card exists and inform the user so that he does not enter an infinite input loop. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: