Subject: install/23548: fdisk in sysinst, off by one.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <christos@zoulas.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/23/2003 04:41:50
>Number: 23548
>Category: install
>Synopsis: fdisk in sysinst, off by one.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: install-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 23 09:42:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Christos Zoulas
>Release: NetBSD 1.6ZF
>Organization:
Entropy, Inc.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD shiny.astron.com 1.6ZF NetBSD 1.6ZF (SHINY) #200: Mon Nov 17 19:45:50 EST 2003 christos@shiny.astron.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/SHINY i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
When you configure multiple fdisk partitions on i386 sysinst code does:
1. create a partition with 1 cylinder greater than asked.
2. second partition, starts at the ending cylinder of the first
partition.
>How-To-Repeat:
try to create 2 fdisk partitions using sysinst.
>Fix:
none, sorry
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: