From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 11:03:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57F3216A4D0 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:03:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87A5843D79 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:01:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0JJ1WFR061897 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:01:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0JJ1Vrw061891 for freebsd-qa@freebsd.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:01:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:01:31 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200401191901.i0JJ1Vrw061891@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: peter set sender to owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Current problem reports assigned to you X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:03:54 -0000 Current FreeBSD problem reports Critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2003/09/14] kern/56873 qa system hangs on boot at Buslogic device 1 problem total. Serious problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2000/02/23] conf/16948 qa Sysinstall/disklabel: bad partition table o [2000/07/29] conf/20282 qa sysinstall does not recover some /etc fil o [2001/03/16] misc/25851 qa Security hole in anonymous FTP setup scri o [2001/03/19] bin/25929 qa Can't use MAKEDEV in fixit mount o [2001/04/27] misc/26897 qa 4.3R sysinstall fails to create swap part o [2001/10/18] misc/31363 qa sysinstall "partition editor" silently co o [2002/05/26] misc/38582 qa sysinstall sets newfs flag after changing f [2002/06/02] misc/38835 qa sysinstall always installs crypto o [2002/08/18] i386/41757 qa sysinstall 4.6.x unstable o [2003/04/18] misc/51146 qa Incorrect error message when configuring 10 problems total. Non-critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [1997/09/28] misc/4646 qa Can't fixit with an NFS-mounted CD. s [1998/07/10] misc/7232 qa Suggestion for FreeBSD installation dialo o [1999/06/21] conf/12324 qa Sysinstall's fdisk partition editor is mi o [1999/11/21] conf/15038 qa In sysinstall, easy to not notice that se o [1999/12/28] conf/15748 qa sysinstall - upgrade o [2000/02/08] conf/16584 qa Hostname field too small during install ( o [2000/10/14] conf/21994 qa Config of Anonftp (at install) always cre a [2000/12/09] conf/23402 qa sysinstall upgrade ought to check partiti o [2001/02/06] misc/24907 qa Options screen at MenuMedia menu problem o [2001/08/20] misc/29893 qa suggestions for 4.4 sysinstall f [2002/04/16] i386/37137 qa FreeBSD install doesn't recognize version o [2002/04/16] misc/37160 qa /stand/sysinstall coredumps when trying t o [2002/05/13] i386/38056 qa In Install, User (creation)'s "Member gro o [2002/05/23] i386/38477 qa In sysinstall's Choose Distributions scre o [2002/05/23] i386/38478 qa In sysinstall's Choose Distributions scre o [2002/05/23] i386/38480 qa sysinstall should prompt for normal users o [2002/05/26] misc/38583 qa sysinstall installs crypto sources when / o [2002/06/20] i386/39574 qa Error mounting /dev/acd0c on /dist: No su o [2002/08/23] misc/41949 qa sysinstall sorts /etc/rc.conf during netb o [2003/01/18] conf/47204 qa base + XFree86 install fails -- crypto di o [2003/05/15] bin/52271 qa sysinstall panics in machine with no hard o [2003/12/17] misc/60350 qa In sysinstall's Choose Distributions scre 22 problems total. From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 11:06:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF0F16A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:06:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB21843D92 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:03:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0JJ2pFR063527 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:02:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0JJ2pk8063521 for qa@freebsd.org; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:02:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:02:51 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200401191902.i0JJ2pk8063521@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: peter set sender to owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Current problem reports assigned to you X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:06:19 -0000 Current FreeBSD problem reports Critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2002/05/30] misc/38748 qa FreeBSD 4.5 Keyboard problem cannot insta f [2002/08/08] i386/41437 qa sysinstall 4.6 RELEASE - hang f [2002/08/21] i386/41860 qa sysinstall rel. 4.5 and 4.6 hangs f [2002/08/30] misc/42221 qa Signal 11 core dumped when fetchin index o [2002/10/25] misc/44471 qa 4.6 install writes MBR even when specifie o [2003/01/22] bin/47384 qa sysinstall ignores intended destination d o [2003/02/16] bin/48341 qa Sysinstall deletes mbr although it should 7 problems total. Serious problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2001/02/28] bin/25461 qa sysinstall's fdisk and disklabel don't wo f [2001/05/29] i386/27729 qa the ls120 device "afd" does not show up u o [2001/08/01] i386/29375 qa the disk editor used by /stand/sysinstall o [2001/09/26] bin/30837 qa Sysinstall doesn't set the schg flag on t o [2001/12/30] misc/33370 qa Post configuration issue o [2002/03/29] conf/36508 qa installation floppy bug (See description) o [2002/04/08] conf/36911 qa installation floppies miss autoload file o [2002/04/29] misc/37585 qa System hangs on install at probing device o [2002/04/30] misc/37586 qa newfs failing in 5.0-DP1 initial install o [2002/05/27] bin/38609 qa Sysinstall should know the size of the va o [2002/07/06] misc/40260 qa sysinstall hangs up detecting devices (No o [2002/07/16] bin/40656 qa patch: sysinstall: scripted deletion of s o [2002/08/21] kern/41850 qa sysinstall fails to create root filesyste o [2002/11/21] i386/45565 qa sysinstall: write error, filesystem full f [2003/01/24] kern/47451 qa 5.0 GENERIC(sysinstall CD) locks during b o [2003/06/27] bin/53839 qa sysinstall disklabel editor fails on post 16 problems total. Non-critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [1998/11/27] i386/8867 qa /stand/sysinstall core dumps (signal 11) o [1999/09/24] i386/13936 qa No clear indictaion of how much space to o [1999/10/13] bin/14318 qa sysinstall upon install has some counter- o [2000/03/22] bin/17546 qa Sysinstall does not let you configure NIS o [2000/08/28] bin/20908 qa /stand/sysinstall too limited in selectio o [2001/01/18] bin/24435 qa Changing slice type causes Auto-partition o [2001/04/28] bin/26919 qa sysinstall' fdisk can ONLY set bootable f o [2001/05/08] i386/27216 qa Can not get to shell prompt from serial c o [2001/05/20] bin/27483 qa make sysinstall ask for the keymap at ins o [2001/06/04] misc/27872 qa "Load Config" (sysinstall) hangs Compaq D o [2001/09/11] misc/30517 qa using sysinstall with install.cfg has no o [2001/11/26] conf/32288 qa After install: /etc/rc complains if crypt o [2002/02/28] misc/35400 qa sysinstall could improve manipulation of o [2002/04/08] misc/36916 qa DOS active partition flag lost in libdisk o [2002/05/12] i386/37999 qa In /stand/sysinstall, 's' selects Options o [2002/05/13] i386/38055 qa In Install, Groups (creation) item should o [2002/05/13] misc/38057 qa "install" document doesn't display correc o [2002/05/27] bin/38610 qa Sysinstall should be able to mount ISO im o [2002/06/03] misc/38854 qa Resetting the sysinstall during setup cau o [2002/06/16] misc/39360 qa If linux emu is added as a dependency (an o [2002/07/23] kern/40926 qa After Upgrading or Clean Installing 4.6, o [2002/08/01] misc/41238 qa problems with FreeBSD installation on a d o [2002/08/17] misc/41744 qa Cannot stop comat22 from being extracted o [2002/08/25] i386/42022 qa sysinstall in non-interactive mode prompt o [2002/08/29] i386/42162 qa Installation (sysinstall) crashes, md0c f o [2002/09/18] misc/42934 qa installation procedure on install floppie o [2002/09/19] kern/42977 qa FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA o [2002/10/08] misc/43825 qa please remove object files in source (src o [2002/10/17] bin/44188 qa cannot install FreeBSD 4.0-4.6 to Compaq o [2002/11/04] misc/44915 qa 'choose installation media' choose CD-ROM o [2002/11/12] misc/45254 qa Sysinstall installs things it should not o [2002/11/22] conf/45608 qa Install should config all ether devices, o [2003/01/01] misc/46670 qa 5.0-RC2 install leaves CD drawer locked. o [2003/01/09] bin/46905 qa FreeBSD 5.x cannot be installed from mult o [2003/01/21] misc/47314 qa Install requires a swap partition. o [2003/02/04] misc/47908 qa /stand/sysinstall can't display document o [2003/03/06] bin/48989 qa Sysinstall's partition editor gets confu o [2003/06/09] conf/53131 qa "ALL" could not turn check BOXes ON at pa o [2003/06/15] bin/53341 qa dump frequency in sysinstall is always th 39 problems total. From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 10:41:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBE0416A4CE; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:41:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10A1743D66; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:41:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schweikh@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (schweikh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i0KIfBFR038934; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:41:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schweikh@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from schweikh@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0KIfBdh038930; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:41:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schweikh) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:41:11 -0800 (PST) From: Jens Schweikhardt Message-Id: <200401201841.i0KIfBdh038930@freefall.freebsd.org> To: schweikh@schweikhardt.net, schweikh@FreeBSD.org, qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/25461: sysinstall's fdisk and disklabel don't work in color xterms. X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:41:14 -0000 Synopsis: sysinstall's fdisk and disklabel don't work in color xterms. State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: schweikh State-Changed-When: Tue Jan 20 10:40:03 PST 2004 State-Changed-Why: I (the originator) can't reproduce this on 5-CURRENT with current XFree86 and xterm. Everything works as expected. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=25461 From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 08:42:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D09AE16A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:42:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail2.speakeasy.net (mail2.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63CCE43D55 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 08:41:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 29391 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2004 16:41:38 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 22 Jan 2004 16:41:38 -0000 Received: from 10.50.40.205 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0MGfYM0024808; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:41:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: qa@FreeBSD.org Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:42:27 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200401221142.27173.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: re@freebsd.org cc: re-builders@freebsd.org Subject: splitfs patch for floppies up for review X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:42:06 -0000 The patch it as http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/splitfs.patch This is the first cut, and I plan to possibly make some other changes afterwards. Basically, the floppy installs are reworked as follows: - Use a GENERIC kernel rather than stripped down BOOTMFS, this removes all the BOOTMFS cruft and driver floppies. - Add support for creating a floppy set for a large file that is split across multiple floppies (number of floppies determined automatically). For each splitfile, a foo.split and foo.boot (which must go on the boot floppy) are created. The foo.boot contains the first 16k and exists as a workaround for the fact that gzipfs and bzipfs in libstand want to read in the header when the file is opened and that the module loader code opens a file 4 times before the final open that actually reads in the contents of the file. The rest of the foo file is split into foo.aa, foo.ab, etc. files that are then stuck in foo1.flp, foo2.flp, etc. images. - The GENERIC kernel is stored as a split file and currently takes up two floppies (kern1.flp, kern2.flp) with some room to spare on kern2.flp. - The mfsroot may optionally be either split or placed on the boot.flp in its entirety. If you want to use splitfs for the mfsroot, you define SPLIT_MFSROOT. Currently for i386 (and pc98) the mfsroot fits onto the boot.flp with room to spare, so SPLIT_MFSROOT is not defined. If the mfsroot ever grows such that it no longer fits, that variable just has to be added to the right section and no other work is necessary by re@. - Thus, currently for i386, there are now 3 required floppies: boot.flp, kern1.flp, and kern2.flp. Note that this was done with a stock HEAD GENERIC including DDB, INVARIANTS, WITNESS, etc. A release GENERIC might take up even less space, but will probably still need 2 floppies of its own. Things that are lost: - There is no longer a 2.88 boot.flp image for use with emulated CD booting. The non-emulated CD booting works for almost everyone who boots from CD, and the complaints when floppy support was threatened were from people using actual floppies to install. If cdboot doesn't work for someone, they can always use the boot floppies to boot and still install off of CD instead. - All the BOOTMFS cruft that re@ and others used to have to maintain. - The driver floppy. It may at some point be useful to bring this back in some fashion to support drivers that aren't in GENERIC but have modules. Note that CD installs have this same problem, however, and the better solution might be to stick such modules in the mfsroot instead. Things that are gained: - No more dealing with trying to fit a kernel.gz into a single floppy. Floppies built during the release process will now just always work and never require re@ intervention because they kernel exploded in size. Things I want to do after this checkpoint is committed. - Re-enable boot floppies for Alpha. Any other arch that wants to support boot floppies can also add support for them if so desired. - Stick a gzipp'd acpi.ko on the boot floppy so that the boot kernel used on floppies will match exactly that used with CDs. - Switch back to a stock loader on the boot floppies including forth. - If possible, (the floppy switching makes it hard to do) enable the beastie menu on the boot floppies. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org