From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 05:41:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 742C616A4CF for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:41:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB8FA43D6B for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:40:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i0QDeJFR030734 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:40:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0QDeJxj030733; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:40:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:40:19 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200401261340.i0QDeJxj030733@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "Matthew X. Economou" Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB2C716A4CE for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:32:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C6043D1F for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:31:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0QDVvdL008973 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:31:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0QDVv3O008882; Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:31:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200401261331.i0QDVv3O008882@www.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 05:31:57 -0800 (PST) From: "Matthew X. Economou" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.0 Subject: alpha/61940: Can't disklabel new disk from FreeBSD/alpha 5.2-RELEASE sysinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 13:41:11 -0000 >Number: 61940 >Category: alpha >Synopsis: Can't disklabel new disk from FreeBSD/alpha 5.2-RELEASE sysinstall >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-alpha >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 26 05:40:19 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Matthew X. Economou >Release: 5.2-RELEASE >Organization: IRTNOG.ORG >Environment: FreeBSD web1.irtnog.org 5.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Jan 11 01:06:36 GMT 2004 root@mithlond.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC alpha >Description: When presented with a disk that originally contained OpenVMS or Linux, the disk label editor executed by sysinstall in FreeBSD/alpha 5.2-RELEASE cannot reinitialize the disk with a FreeBSD disk label. Instead, it reports an error about there being no free space on the selected disk. >How-To-Repeat: Install OpenVMS on a hard disk, then attempt to overwrite it with FreeBSD 5.2. The label editor will display the hard drive (e.g. "da0"), but the "A" command reports an error about selecting a drive with free space. >Fix: I can work around the issue if I boot FreeBSD/alpha 4.8-RELEASE. Its version of /stand/sysinstall is capable of re-initializing the disk. Rebooting back into the 5.2-RELEASE sysinstall now allows me to create and format BSD slices. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: