Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 23:31:46 +1030 (CST) From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: misc/5082: RFE for sysinstall Message-ID: <199711181301.XAA08783@atdot.dotat.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199711181310.FAA20075@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 5082 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Permit upgrade of multi-disk system, or document workaround >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 18 05:10:00 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mark Newton >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-971006-SNAP i386 >Environment: System with OS distributed over more than one disk >Description: sysinstall does not provide the opportunity to automatically upgrade a system with more than one disk. One of my systems features / and /usr on one disk, and /var on another (deals with lots of mail, no space on main disk for /var!). sysinstall does not provide the opportunity to select more than one disk during an upgrade in a way similar to its ability to select more than one disk during an installation. >How-To-Repeat: Duplicate the setup described above. >Fix: During an initial installation, sysinstall prompts the user for a list of disks for the installation. Although it (silently!) limits the number of disks that can be chosen, it does permit more than one. If more than one disk is selected, the partitioning tool and the disklabel editor allow multiple disk selections. Theoretically, sysinstall could use the same dialog box prior to displaying the disklabel editor during an upgrade. Perhaps an easier-to-implement solution would be to document the procedure need to upgrade a multi-disk system: After the disklabel editor is finished, sysinstall starts the holographic shell and prompts for installation media. It is possible to switch to the shell, mount all filesystems needed during the upgrade, and then switch back to select installation media. Granted, this isn't as clean, but it works. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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