Date: 15 Sep 2000 21:22:25 -0000 From: mwm@mired.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: misc/21300: Install CD-ROMs don't give users enough rope. Message-ID: <20000915212225.34663.qmail@guru.mired.org>
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>Number: 21300 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Install CD-ROMs don't give users enough rope. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 15 14:30:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mike Meyer >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE >Organization: Meyer Consulting >Environment: Install is failing on a multi-os system. In particular, I'm trying to install on a partition that extends beyond the 1024 cylinder limit. Also, I'm using the GRUB bootloader, from the ports. >Description: I'd like to install a second version of FreeBSD on the partition described above. However, the install CD-ROM *refuses* to do the install because the BSD boot loader (boot easy? Something else?) can't deal with the partition in question. Refusing to install is obnoxious. There should be someway to do an install *anyway*. Lots of warnings are probably appropriate, but not being able to do this is a very silly thing. >How-To-Repeat: Try an install with an out-of-bounds root partition. >Fix: Sorry... >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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