Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:34:22 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: randi@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/135565: a patch for sysinstall to look at UFS partitions Message-ID: <200906140404.n5E44Mru061394@cain.gsoft.com.au> Resent-Message-ID: <200906140410.n5E4A3xq067674@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 135565 >Category: bin >Synopsis: a patch for sysinstall to look at UFS partitions >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jun 14 04:10:02 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Daniel O'Connor >Release: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD inchoate.localdomain 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Apr 5 13:18:12 CST 2009 darius@inchoate.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/INCHOATE i386 >Description: The following patch teaches sysinstall about treating UFS partitions as disks. This allows you to read cfg files and dists off it. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: This is only a straw man patch I haven't had time to fully test it. Also, libdisks support of extended partitions is not the same as the kernel which can be a problem if you have an "odd" setup (like my laptop :) http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/sysinstall-ufs-disk.diff >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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