Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:07:10 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Steve Mazerski <smazerski@yahoo.co.jp> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (minor) install partitioning bug? Message-ID: <20020713220710.GD22908@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <200207132320.53571.smazerski@yahoo.co.jp> References: <200207132320.53571.smazerski@yahoo.co.jp>
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On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 11:20:53PM +0200, Steve Mazerski wrote: > However any attempt was answered with the the message > "Unable to create the partition. Too big?" even using the > "Auto defaults" option. > > After trying various things (random panic option tweaking, > expletive cursing etc.) I booted into Linux and used > the Linux fdisk to set the partition / slice type to FreeBSD. > (I left the filesystem as it was). > > On restarting the FreeBSD installation process, I was able > to create partitions as expected and the slice was > formatted correctly. > > Is this a bug or have I missed something? That looks like a known bug -- bin/24435 -- originally posted in January 2001 (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin%2F24435) A patch was posted, but the bug is still open and not assigned to anyone in particular, so chances are it's got forgotten. If you submit a follow-up someone may be inspired to commit a fix... Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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