Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2009 20:10:07 GMT From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/135333: Non-integer decimal numbers not allowed in sysinstall; returns negative geometry Message-ID: <200906072010.n57KA6QM034971@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200906072020.n57KK2fH003607@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 135333 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Non-integer decimal numbers not allowed in sysinstall; returns negative geometry >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: Sun Jun 07 20:20:02 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Cooper >Release: 7.2 RELEASE >Organization: n/a >Environment: >Description: When specifying a non-whole number in sysinstall (say 10.5G), sysinstall incorrectly parses the value and returns a negative geometry in fdisk. This will eventually get caught as an error when the commit is performed, but that's not ideal because at that point sysinstall will fail horribly with a unintuitive error message. >How-To-Repeat: Provide a non-integer decimal number when specifying a partitioning scheme or label scheme. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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