Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 01:11:14 -0500 (EST) From: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: conf/6092: install disk slice editor enhancement Message-ID: <199803220611.BAA02962@pandora.hh.kew.com>
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>Number: 6092 >Category: conf >Synopsis: Disk editor in sysinstall should know more partition (slice) types >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 21 22:20:00 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Drew Derbyshire >Organization: Kendra Electronic Wonderworks >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-beta i386 >Environment: New install of FreeBSD 2.2.6 beta on compaq deskpro >Description: FreeBSD disk allocation (fdisk replacement) should understand additional disk types. This make editing a complicate disk more user friendly and less mistake prone. Two disks on my Compaq are: Decimal 18 (x'12') Compaq Diagnostic Partition Decinal 115 (x'73') SCO UnixWare OS/2 Boot manager would be another common type if not already defined, please send me mail (ahd@kew.com and I'll look it up on another system). >How-To-Repeat: Install with multiple other partitions defined. >Fix: Add specified types and descriptions to install boot editor. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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