Re: install/47755: Disklabel failing to create partition in sysinst at second try

[7heo <7heo%7heo.tk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/47755; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: 7heo <7heo%7heo.tk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/47755: Disklabel failing to create partition in sysinst
 at second try
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:19:41 +0200

 *>Number:*          47755
 *>Category:*        install
 *>Synopsis:*        Disklabel failing to create partition in sysinst at second 
try
 *>Confidential:*    no
 *>Severity:*        non-critical
 *>Priority:*        low
 *>Responsible:*     install-manager
 *>State:*           open
 *>Class:*           sw-bug
 *>Submitter-Id:*    net
 *>Arrival-Date:*    Sun Apr 21 15:30:00 +0000 2013
 *>Originator:*      7heo
 *>Release:*         6.1_RC2
 *>Organization:*
 *>Environment:*
 NetBSD  6.1_RC2 NetBSD 6.1_RC2 (GENERIC) amd64
 *>Description:*
 In sysinst, when you specify incorrect values (too small, not enough inodes 
for pkgsrc, etc.) for your / partition and use the rest of the space for 
another partition in "Set sizes of the NetBSD partitions"; and later come back 
to that step (from the start) to correct the values (and still use the 
remaining space for another partition), the partitionning tool gives you values 
(remaining space, etc.) that seem correct, but when you reach the disklabel 
step, it fails, saying that the disklabel goes beyond the boundaries of the 
disk. Affects 6.0 and 6.0.1 as well, not tested with -current.
 *>How-To-Repeat:*
 Install NetBSD using sysinst, specify a too small size for set extractions 
(i.e. 100MB) on your /, use the rest for /home (for example), extract the sets, 
go back to the starting point, and try to disklabel the disk again with a 
bigger value for / and the rest of the space for /home.
 *>Fix:*
 Interrupt (^C) the disklabel instead of pressing enter, and then logout from 
the utility shell just obtained. From that point the process of growing the / 
and allocating the rest of the space to another partition can be done without 
bugs.