Subject: Re: install/22061: sysinst does not mount target if 'b. Use Existing' is selected
To: None <netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org, gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Makoto Fujiwara <makoto@ki.nu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/05/2003 22:47:11
David> I'm glad to see that sysinst works at all for powerpc :-)
Yeah, the new sysinst looks terrific. I love it.
David> I suspect that you 'forgot' to setup the mountpoint names when you
David> chose 'use existing'. If you RTFM is does say that you have to!
Yeah, exactly, I did install with saying so, sorry,
David> OTOH the version I'm currently testing will pull defaults from the
David> 'last mounted' field of the superblock.
David> Maybe it ought also inspect /etc/fstab of the target root filesystem.
David> (Upgrade really, really, really does need to do that!)
OK, great, this PR may be closed now, or just telling more checking is
necessary, thanks anyway. Really nice.
(Before)
We now have your BSD-disklabel partitions as (Start, End and Size in MB).
This is your last chance to change it.
Start End Size FStype Bsize Fsize Preserve Mount point
--------- --------- --------- ------ ----- ----- -------- -----------
a: 0 159 160 4.2BSD 8192 1024 Yes
b: 160 287 128 swap
c: 0 76318 76319 Whole disk - can't change
d: 288 1288 1000 4.2BSD 8192 1024 Yes
e: 1289 1388 100 4.2BSD 8192 1024 Yes
f: 1389 76318 74929 4.2BSD 8192 1024 Yes
g: Show all unused partitions
h: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB)
(After)
We now have your BSD-disklabel partitions as (Start, End and Size in MB).
This is your last chance to change it.
Start End Size FStype Bsize Fsize Preserve Mount point
--------- --------- --------- ------ ----- ----- -------- -----------
a: 0 159 160 4.2BSD 8192 1024 Yes /
b: 160 287 128 swap
c: 0 76318 76319 Whole disk - can't change
d: 288 1288 1000 4.2BSD 8192 1024 Yes /usr
e: 1289 1388 100 4.2BSD 8192 1024 Yes /var
f: 1389 76318 74929 4.2BSD 8192 1024 Yes /export
g: Show all unused partitions
h: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB)
>x: Partition sizes ok
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Makoto Fujiwara,
Chiba, Japan, Narita Airport and Disneyland prefecture.