From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 01:50:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7CBF106566C for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:50:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5A5B8FC19 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:50:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p8R1o6QY003275 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:50:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p8R1o6DN003274; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:50:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:50:06 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201109270150.p8R1o6DN003274@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Ben Kaduk Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10DE8106566B for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:45:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F30D08FC16 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:45:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p8R1j07P069006 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:45:00 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p8R1j0G8069005; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:45:00 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201109270145.p8R1j0G8069005@red.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:45:00 GMT From: Ben Kaduk To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/161054: bsdinstall's partitioner should list valid "type"s X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:50:07 -0000 >Number: 161054 >Category: bin >Synopsis: bsdinstall's partitioner should list valid "type"s >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 27 01:50:06 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ben Kaduk >Release: 9-beta 2 >Organization: MIT SIPB >Environment: n/a >Description: Reposting from my mail to -current of 16 September 2011, so it doesn't get lost: %%%%%%%%%% Once I'm in the interactive partitioner, I have no way of knowing what values are valid for the "type" other than essentially trial-and-error. (I think ivoras has also noted this?) If there was a way to display a list of valid or commonly-used values, that would be quite helpful. (When is "freebsd-ufs" used, versus just "freebsd"?) Also, if I try to modify a partition that I've created, I don't have the ability to change the size -- I have to delete and recreate. Now, I know that there are some cases where this is hard to deal with, such as when there are other partitions after the one in question, and resizing would require moving those other partitions further into the disk. But if there's only one partition, or there's free space available, or I want to shrink, I would like to be able to do that. (The solaris installer gets this right, if I remember correctly.) %%%%%%%%%% >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: