From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 20 11:03:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org 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 002E216A41F for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:03:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7955E43D49 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:03:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2KB30vF082620 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:03:00 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k2KB2vN8082614 for freebsd-qa@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:02:57 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:02:57 GMT Message-Id: <200603201102.k2KB2vN8082614@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 Cc: Subject: Current problem reports assigned to you X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:03:01 -0000 Current FreeBSD problem reports Critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f [2003/02/16] bin/48341 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall deletes mbr altho 1 problem total. Serious problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2000/02/24] bin/16948 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall/disklabel: bad pa o [2000/07/29] bin/20282 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall does not recover o [2000/11/25] bin/23098 qa [sysinstall] [patch] if installing on a s o [2001/04/27] bin/26897 qa [sysinstall] 4.3R sysinstall fails to cre o [2001/08/02] bin/29375 qa [sysinstall] disk editor gets confused by o [2001/09/26] bin/30837 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall doesn't set the s o [2001/10/18] bin/31363 qa [sysinstall] "partition editor" silently o [2001/12/31] bin/33370 qa [sysinstall] post-configuration issue o [2002/03/15] bin/35925 qa [sysinstall] fixit floppy cannot be mount a [2002/03/16] bin/35985 qa [sysinstall] swap double mount o [2002/03/29] bin/36508 qa [sysinstall] installation floppy bug (4.5 o [2002/04/08] bin/36911 qa [sysinstall] installation floppies miss a o [2002/05/03] bin/37710 qa [sysinstall] LAN interface in wrong state o [2002/05/26] bin/38582 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall sets newfs flag a o [2002/05/27] bin/38609 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall should know the s o [2002/07/06] bin/40260 qa [sysinstall] hang when detecting devices o [2002/08/18] bin/41757 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall 4.6.x unstable o [2002/08/21] bin/41850 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall fails to create r o [2002/11/21] bin/45565 qa [sysinstall] write error, filesystem full o [2003/01/01] bin/46670 qa [sysinstall] 5.0-RC2 install leaves CD dr o [2003/01/23] bin/47384 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall ignores intended o [2003/06/27] bin/53839 qa [sysinstall] disklabel editor fails on po o [2003/09/14] kern/56873 qa [boot] system hangs on boot at Buslogic d o [2004/01/10] bin/61152 qa [sysinstall] installer refuses to mount U o [2004/01/19] bin/61587 qa [sysinstall] [patch] installation problem o [2004/01/21] bin/61658 qa [sysinstall] 5.2R error "Add of package q o [2004/01/25] bin/61890 qa [sysinstall] fdisk(8) uses incorrect calc o [2004/01/26] bin/61937 qa [sysinstall] cannot install 5.2-REL via s o [2004/02/05] bin/62367 qa [sysinstall] 5.2.1-RC installation proble o [2004/02/05] bin/62375 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall core dump o [2004/02/14] bin/62833 qa [sysinstall] can't install: integer divid o [2004/04/14] bin/65546 qa [sysinstall] 4.10-BETA fails to install f o [2004/04/19] bin/65774 qa [sysinstall] cannot run repair disk when o [2004/05/07] bin/66350 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall creates a partiti o [2004/05/20] bin/66950 qa [sysinstall] upgrading to 4.10-RC3: packa o [2004/05/21] bin/66984 qa [2TB] [patch] teach sysinstall about larg o [2004/09/03] bin/71323 qa [sysinstall] FTP download from floppy boo o [2004/10/19] bin/72895 qa [sysinstall] Sysinstall generates invalid o [2004/10/23] kern/73035 qa [sysinstall] Upgrading from 5.2.1 to 5.3 o [2004/11/04] bin/73511 qa [sysinstall] SCSI drive install failure - o [2004/11/06] bin/73617 qa [sysinstall] fdisk editor unmarks active o [2005/03/17] bin/78964 qa [sysinstall] can not write labels to hdd o [2005/04/07] kern/79621 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall does not create a o [2005/04/14] bin/79910 qa [sysinstall] Cannot escape from failed po o [2005/08/08] bin/84668 qa [sysinstall] ssh and sysinstall problem f [2005/09/24] bin/86518 qa [sysinstall] USB keyboard not supported o [2005/12/19] bin/90656 qa [sysinstall] 6.0-RELEASE (i386) cannot be 47 problems total. Non-critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [1997/09/28] bin/4646 qa [sysinstall] can't fixit with an NFS-moun s [1998/07/10] bin/7232 qa [sysinstall] suggestion for FreeBSD insta o [1998/11/27] bin/8867 qa [sysinstall] [patch] /stand/sysinstall co o [1999/09/24] bin/13936 qa [sysinstall] no clear indication of how m o [1999/10/14] bin/14318 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall upon install has o [1999/11/22] bin/15038 qa [sysinstall] easy to not notice that sele o [2000/02/08] conf/16584 qa [sysinstall] Hostname field too small dur o [2000/03/22] bin/17546 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall does not let you o [2000/08/28] bin/20908 qa [sysinstall] /stand/sysinstall too limite a [2000/12/09] bin/23402 qa [sysinstall] upgrade ought to check parti o [2001/01/18] bin/24435 qa [libdisk] changing slice type causes Auto o [2001/02/06] bin/24907 qa [sysinstall] Options screen at MenuMedia o [2001/04/28] bin/26919 qa [sysinstall] fdisk should ONLY set one bo o [2001/05/08] bin/27216 qa [sysinstall] can not get to shell prompt o [2001/05/21] bin/27483 qa [sysinstall] [patch] make sysinstall ask f [2001/06/04] bin/27872 qa [sysinstall] "Load Config" hangs Compaq D a [2001/06/11] bin/28081 qa [sysinstall] /stand/sysinstall errs out i o [2001/08/20] bin/29893 qa [sysinstall] suggestions for 4.4 sysinsta o [2001/09/12] bin/30517 qa [sysinstall] using sysinstall with instal a [2001/09/22] bin/30737 qa sysinstall leaks file descriptors on rest f [2001/11/20] bin/32144 qa [sysinstall] unattended install with sysi a [2001/11/29] bin/32375 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall doesn't respect U o [2002/02/28] bin/35400 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall could improve man o [2002/03/20] bin/36118 qa [sysinstall] 4.5 Upgrade says it won't to o [2002/04/09] kern/36916 qa [libdisk] DOS active partition flag lost o [2002/04/16] bin/37160 qa [sysinstall] coredumps when trying to loa o [2002/05/14] bin/38055 qa [sysinstall] Groups (creation) item shoul o [2002/05/14] bin/38056 qa [sysinstall] User (creation)'s "Member gr o [2002/05/14] bin/38057 qa [sysinstall] "install" document doesn't d o [2002/05/24] bin/38478 qa [sysinstall] In Choose Distributions scre o [2002/05/24] bin/38480 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall should prompt for o [2002/05/27] bin/38610 qa [sysinstall] should be able to mount ISO o [2002/06/03] bin/38854 qa [sysinstall] resetting during setup cause o [2002/06/16] bin/39360 qa [sysinstall] if linux emu is added as a d o [2002/06/20] bin/39574 qa [sysinstall] error mounting /dev/acd0c on o [2002/07/23] kern/40926 qa [boot] After Upgrading or Clean Installin o [2002/08/01] bin/41238 qa [sysinstall] problems with FreeBSD instal o [2002/08/23] bin/41949 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall sorts /etc/rc.con o [2002/08/26] bin/42022 qa [sysinstall] non-interactive mode prompts o [2002/08/29] bin/42162 qa [sysinstall] installation crashes, md0c f o [2002/09/18] bin/42934 qa [sysinstall] installation procedure on in o [2002/11/05] bin/44915 qa [sysinstall] 'choose installation media' o [2002/11/13] bin/45254 qa [sysinstall] [patch] sysinstall installs o [2002/11/23] bin/45608 qa [sysinstall] install should config all et o [2003/01/09] bin/46905 qa [sysinstall] FreeBSD 5.x cannot be instal o [2003/02/04] bin/47908 qa [sysinstall] /stand/sysinstall can't disp o [2003/03/06] bin/48989 qa [sysinstall] Sysinstall's partition edit o [2003/05/15] bin/52271 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall panics in machine o [2003/06/10] bin/53131 qa [sysinstall] "ALL" could not turn check B o [2003/06/15] bin/53341 qa [sysinstall] [patch] dump frequency in sy o [2003/10/14] bin/58008 qa [sysinstall] [patch] sysinstall postfix i o [2003/11/26] bin/59708 qa [sysinstall] [patch] add sSMTP support fo o [2003/12/18] bin/60350 qa [sysinstall] in Choose Distributions scre o [2004/01/12] bin/61264 qa [sysinstall] unable To Use VT100 Terminal o [2004/01/16] kern/61438 qa [sysinstall] 5.2 nfs tasks running by def o [2004/02/11] bin/62702 qa [sysinstall] backup of /etc and /root dur o [2004/02/11] bin/62711 qa [sysinstall] installation: "Insert Next C o [2004/03/17] conf/64381 qa lo0 not up and no IPs assigned after inst o [2004/08/04] bin/69986 qa [sysinstall] [patch] no job control in fi o [2004/08/04] bin/70002 qa [sysinstall] fails to locate FTP dirs if o [2004/10/01] bin/72232 qa [sysinstall] Installer installs gui-enabl o [2004/10/15] misc/72741 qa ssh broken on fixit cd (missing /dev/rand o [2005/04/19] bin/80117 qa [sysinstall] [patch] smbfs install option o [2005/05/20] bin/81323 qa [sysinstall] Error in installation packag s [2005/07/25] bin/84084 qa [sysinstall] FreeBSD 4.11-R won't install o [2005/07/28] bin/84208 qa [sysinstall] "Leave the MBR untouched" op f [2005/08/08] bin/84667 qa [sysinstall] annoying installation proble o [2005/08/08] bin/84674 qa [sysinstall] Installer trying to install o [2005/08/28] bin/85367 qa [sysinstall] [patch] fix package categori o [2005/09/22] bin/86454 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall terminates with s o [2005/09/26] bin/86600 qa [sysinstall] Sysinstall boot manager scre o [2005/09/28] bin/86665 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall binary upgrade cl o [2005/10/03] bin/86859 qa [sysinstall] Installer should ask about L o [2005/11/11] bin/88826 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall infinity wait for o [2006/01/02] bin/91205 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall package options s o [2006/02/13] bin/93275 qa [sysinstall] Failure to install after res o [2006/03/13] bin/94409 qa [sysinstall] [patch] add geom.debugflags- 77 problems total. From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 22 18:07:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org 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 C7EB216A400; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:07:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mitchell@cloudynwuk.force9.co.uk) Received: from pih-relay04.plus.net (pih-relay04.plus.net [212.159.14.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7963743D5D; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:07:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mitchell@cloudynwuk.force9.co.uk) Received: from [81.174.216.245] (helo=[81.174.216.245]) by pih-relay04.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1FM7jd-0005af-52; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:07:05 +0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.385 [268.2.6/288]); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:07:02 +0000 Message-ID: <000001c64ddb$6bafd5a0$f5d8ae51@hal> From: "Frank Mitchell" To: Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:20:31 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Cc: h.eichmann@gmx.de, freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Subject: bin_48341 & Dual-Booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:07:10 -0000 Dear Matteo Riondato, Further investigation confirms two problems related to Heiner's. For Dual Booting with Windows Me I needed to retain my LBA Disk Geometry, as originally auto-detected by BIOS. This means 1023 Logical Cylinders and 64 Logical Heads, also given by Slackware fdisk. But FreeBSD-6.0 accepts the Default Logical Geometry supplied by the ATA Identify Drive Command, which means 4092 Logical Cylinders and 16 Logical Heads. The sysinstall fdisk in FreeBSD-6.0 sets up this CHS Geometry even when the desired LBA CHS Translation Geometry is specified in the BIOS, and even when the FreeBSD Partition was already set up for LBA CHS Geometry previously. You need to be aware of the need for the fdisk "G" option every time. Being new to FreeBSD, I wanted to re-run sysinstall a few times without disturbing my Windows Me boot set-up. So I chose the "Boot Manager = None" Option, intending to leave the MBR untouched while I investigated the possibility of booting from a Floppy. But I soon found my machine rebooted into FreeBSD every time. I didn't see Windows Me again until I installed the FreeBSD Boot Manager, which luckily dual-booted okay. (Windows Me gave problems using Lilo). One fact may or may not be significant. My BIOS had the Boot Sector Virus Warning Enabled. Now every time I reboot with FreeBSD Boot Manager I get a bleep alarm and a Message Box saying: "Award BIOS WARNING!!! Disk Boot Sector is to be modified. Type "Y" to accept, any key to abort." I never got that with the "Boot Manager = None" Option, even though the Boot Setup was obviously changed. Yours Truly: Frank Mitchell -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.6/288 - Release Date: 22/03/2006 From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 22 21:57:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org 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 2B26F16A41F; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:57:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951E943D55; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:57:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2MLuqEp022008; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:56:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:40:19 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <000001c64ddb$6bafd5a0$f5d8ae51@hal> In-Reply-To: <000001c64ddb$6bafd5a0$f5d8ae51@hal> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603221640.21755.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1350/Wed Mar 22 05:12:47 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: h.eichmann@gmx.de, matteo@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin_48341 & Dual-Booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:57:04 -0000 On Wednesday 22 March 2006 11:20, Frank Mitchell wrote: > Dear Matteo Riondato, > > Further investigation confirms two problems related to Heiner's. > > For Dual Booting with Windows Me I needed to retain my LBA Disk Geometry, > as originally auto-detected by BIOS. This means 1023 Logical Cylinders and > 64 Logical Heads, also given by Slackware fdisk. > > But FreeBSD-6.0 accepts the Default Logical Geometry supplied by the ATA > Identify Drive Command, which means 4092 Logical Cylinders and 16 Logical > Heads. The sysinstall fdisk in FreeBSD-6.0 sets up this CHS Geometry even > when the desired LBA CHS Translation Geometry is specified in the BIOS, and > even when the FreeBSD Partition was already set up for LBA CHS Geometry > previously. You need to be aware of the need for the fdisk "G" option every > time. > > Being new to FreeBSD, I wanted to re-run sysinstall a few times without > disturbing my Windows Me boot set-up. So I chose the "Boot Manager = None" > Option, intending to leave the MBR untouched while I investigated the > possibility of booting from a Floppy. But I soon found my machine rebooted > into FreeBSD every time. I didn't see Windows Me again until I installed the > FreeBSD Boot Manager, which luckily dual-booted okay. (Windows Me gave > problems using Lilo). This is because the default boot manager windows installs just boots the 'active' slice, and sysinstall marked the FreeBSD slice as active. > One fact may or may not be significant. My BIOS had the Boot Sector Virus > Warning Enabled. Now every time I reboot with FreeBSD Boot Manager I get a > bleep alarm and a Message Box saying: "Award BIOS WARNING!!! Disk Boot > Sector is to be modified. Type "Y" to accept, any key to abort." I never got > that with the "Boot Manager = None" Option, even though the Boot Setup was > obviously changed. This is expected. The boot manager by default rewrites itself to disk each time to save its state (this way it remembers what you booted last and uses that as the default each time). You can either turn off the warning in your BIOS, or you can disable this auto-updating using boot0cfg to turn off the 'update' flag. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org