The following reply was made to PR install/31274; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/31274: can't install with single large partition easily, sysinst menu is inconsistent
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:36:42 +0100

 On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 07:57:56AM +0000, pavel.cahyna@st.mff.cuni.cz wrote:
 > >Synopsis:       can't install with single large partition easily, sysinst menu is inconsistent
 > >Description:
 > the "partition sizes" menu says: "The default is
 > to allocate all the space to the root file system ..."
 > (src/distrib/utils/sysinst/msg.mi.en)
 > 
 > .. the partiton layout with a small / and a large /usr filesystems.
 
 This will happen if sysinst believes that a / filesystem covering the
 whole disk could leave the kernel in an area of the disk that is
 inaccessible to the BIOS.  Under these conditions the partition layout
 code defaults to a small / and a large /usr.
 
 This will happen on old systems where the BIOS doesn't support LBA reads, so
 the / partition would include sectors that cannot be read using CHS reads.
 (note: the default sized SWAP is allowed to be above the CHS boundary).
 
 You can make a partition include the unallocated space by inputting '+'
 for its size - except for / when it has a size constraint.
 
 	David
 
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 David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk