Subject: bin/4536: sysinst partition-sizing has misleading defaults..
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/18/1997 15:32:10
>Number: 4536
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: sysinst partition-sizing has misleading defaults..
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 18 07:35:03 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Bill Sommerfeld
>Organization:
>Release: 971114-ish
>Environment:
System: NetBSD orchard.arlington.ma.us 1.3_ALPHA NetBSD 1.3_ALPHA (ORCHARD) #12: Sat Nov 8 09:13:50 EST 1997 sommerfeld@stack.ch.apollo.hp.com:/usr/sommerfeld/NetBSD-1.3/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/ORCHARD i386
>Description:
I managed to get to the screen for partition sizing, and
filled in a bunch of additional partitions given that there
was space left over.
for sd0h (the last partition), I hit <enter> in response
to the size figuring that the number in square brackets was, in fact,
the default which would be used if i just hit enter.
sysinst instead made sd0h a zero-sized partition.
>How-To-Repeat:
just hit return to the sd0h size request, assuming the [456]
in brackets was the default..
don't pay attention to the disklabel summary screen
watch newfs blow up.
>Fix:
handle defaults correctly, or refuse to accept a zero-sized partition
when entering partition sizes.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: