Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:23:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Brion Moss <brion@queeg.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: conf/1808: The mount menu for installation fails with >6 slices Message-ID: <199610150023.RAA05531@coven.queeg.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199610150030.RAA09148@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1808 >Category: conf >Synopsis: The mount menu for installation fails with >6 slices >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 14 17:30:01 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Brion Moss >Organization: Net Daemons Associates >Release: FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE, pentium 133, multiple hard drives (4) >Description: During the installation process, one is asked to decide what should be mounted where (and wether that partition should be newfs'ed, etc). The menu has room on the screen to show 6 slices. If there are more than 6 slices on the system (e.g, a boot disk that has /, /usr, and /var and then 3 external drives) the menu gets confused--the 7th and following slices get wrapped around the right- hand menu, and it's very hard to deal with. >How-To-Repeat: Install FreeBSD 2.1.5 on a machine with a bunch of slices >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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