Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:55:53 -0700 (PDT) From: garbanzo@hooked.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/4334: sysinstall will not create disk slices Message-ID: <199708182255.PAA23533@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199708182300.QAA23702@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4334 >Category: bin >Synopsis: sysinstall will not create disk slices >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 18 16:00:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Alex >Organization: >Release: Current >Environment: FreeBSD zippy.dyn.ml.org 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Aug 18 14:40:40 PDT 1997 root@zippy.dyn.ml.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/ZIPPY i386 /dev/sd0a on / (local) procfs on /proc (local) kernfs on /kern (local) fdesc on /dev (union) /dev/sd1s1 on /mnt/dos0/ (local) >Description: Sysinstall will fail to create new slices within a already created partition. >How-To-Repeat: On a system with scsi (not checked with IDE) disks, if one goes into sysinstall, then selects Configure, Partition, sdx, writes the changes, then goes into the label section, and creates a disk slice, then attempts to write it out, sysinstall will return an error similar to "newfs: /blah invalid argument". Following attempts to write anything out will have sysinstall tell you that you've already written everything to disk. >Fix: Boot up with a 2.2-Release disk, and use sysinstall to preform your disk managment from there. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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