Subject: install/10185: 1.4X install creates bogus swap partition
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/23/2000 12:31:45
>Number: 10185
>Category: install
>Synopsis: 1.4X creates swap partition with 0 length but non-zero offset
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: install-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue May 23 12:06:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Michael Richardson
>Release: NetBSD 1.4X -- 2000-04-16 snapshot
>Organization:
Sandelman Software Works
>Environment:
System: NetBSD pzero 1.4Q NetBSD 1.4Q (XTERM) #19: Sat Feb 5 20:02:59 EST 2000 mcr@istari.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca:/j/netbsd/obj/XTERM i386
>Description:
I installed a system that has 192Mb of ram. I don't want any swap for now.
I answered zero to swap question. A stock 1.4X kernel died. A 1.4N kernel
(previously built) didn't mind.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
I used disklabel -e wd0 to create a "b" partition with offset 0 and size 0.
When I had done "disklabel wd0" I got a warning that partition b had a non-zero
offset but a zero size.
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>Audit-Trail:
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