From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 12 11:03:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7620116A41B for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:03:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9B1C43D48 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:03:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5CB3D1B098977 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:03:13 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k5CB3B4m098973 for freebsd-qa@freebsd.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:03:11 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:03:11 GMT Message-Id: <200606121103.k5CB3B4m098973@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: peter set sender to owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Current problem reports assigned to you X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:03:15 -0000 Current FreeBSD problem reports Critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f [2003/02/16] bin/48341 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall deletes mbr altho 1 problem total. Serious problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2000/02/24] bin/16948 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall/disklabel: bad pa o [2000/07/29] bin/20282 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall does not recover o [2000/11/25] bin/23098 qa [sysinstall] [patch] if installing on a s o [2001/04/27] bin/26897 qa [sysinstall] 4.3R sysinstall fails to cre o [2001/08/02] bin/29375 qa [sysinstall] disk editor gets confused by o [2001/09/26] bin/30837 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall doesn't set the s o [2001/10/18] bin/31363 qa [sysinstall] "partition editor" silently o [2001/12/31] bin/33370 qa [sysinstall] post-configuration issue o [2002/03/15] bin/35925 qa [sysinstall] fixit floppy cannot be mount a [2002/03/16] bin/35985 qa [sysinstall] swap double mount o [2002/03/29] bin/36508 qa [sysinstall] installation floppy bug (4.5 o [2002/04/08] bin/36911 qa [sysinstall] installation floppies miss a o [2002/05/03] bin/37710 qa [sysinstall] LAN interface in wrong state o [2002/05/26] bin/38582 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall sets newfs flag a o [2002/05/27] bin/38609 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall should know the s o [2002/07/06] bin/40260 qa [sysinstall] hang when detecting devices o [2002/08/18] bin/41757 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall 4.6.x unstable o [2002/08/21] bin/41850 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall fails to create r o [2002/11/21] bin/45565 qa [sysinstall] write error, filesystem full o [2003/01/01] bin/46670 qa [sysinstall] 5.0-RC2 install leaves CD dr o [2003/01/23] bin/47384 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall ignores intended o [2003/06/27] bin/53839 qa [sysinstall] disklabel editor fails on po o [2003/09/14] kern/56873 qa [boot] system hangs on boot at Buslogic d o [2004/01/10] bin/61152 qa [sysinstall] installer refuses to mount U o [2004/01/19] bin/61587 qa [sysinstall] [patch] installation problem o [2004/01/21] bin/61658 qa [sysinstall] 5.2R error "Add of package q o [2004/01/25] bin/61890 qa [sysinstall] fdisk(8) uses incorrect calc o [2004/01/26] bin/61937 qa [sysinstall] cannot install 5.2-REL via s o [2004/02/05] bin/62367 qa [sysinstall] 5.2.1-RC installation proble o [2004/02/05] bin/62375 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall core dump o [2004/02/14] bin/62833 qa [sysinstall] can't install: integer divid o [2004/04/14] bin/65546 qa [sysinstall] 4.10-BETA fails to install f o [2004/04/19] bin/65774 qa [sysinstall] cannot run repair disk when o [2004/05/07] bin/66350 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall creates a partiti o [2004/05/20] bin/66950 qa [sysinstall] upgrading to 4.10-RC3: packa o [2004/05/21] bin/66984 qa [2TB] [patch] teach sysinstall about larg o [2004/09/03] bin/71323 qa [sysinstall] FTP download from floppy boo o [2004/10/19] bin/72895 qa [sysinstall] Sysinstall generates invalid o [2004/10/23] kern/73035 qa [sysinstall] Upgrading from 5.2.1 to 5.3 o [2004/11/04] bin/73511 qa [sysinstall] SCSI drive install failure - o [2004/11/06] bin/73617 qa [sysinstall] fdisk editor unmarks active o [2005/03/17] bin/78964 qa [sysinstall] can not write labels to hdd o [2005/04/07] kern/79621 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall does not create a o [2005/04/14] bin/79910 qa [sysinstall] Cannot escape from failed po o [2005/08/08] bin/84668 qa [sysinstall] ssh and sysinstall problem f [2005/09/24] bin/86518 qa [sysinstall] USB keyboard not supported o [2005/12/19] bin/90656 qa [sysinstall] 6.0-RELEASE (i386) cannot be o [2006/05/10] bin/97108 qa [sysinstall] write failure on transfer (w 48 problems total. Non-critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [1997/09/28] bin/4646 qa [sysinstall] can't fixit with an NFS-moun s [1998/07/10] bin/7232 qa [sysinstall] suggestion for FreeBSD insta o [1998/11/27] bin/8867 qa [sysinstall] [patch] /stand/sysinstall co o [1999/09/24] bin/13936 qa [sysinstall] no clear indication of how m o [1999/10/14] bin/14318 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall upon install has o [1999/11/22] bin/15038 qa [sysinstall] easy to not notice that sele o [2000/02/08] conf/16584 qa [sysinstall] Hostname field too small dur o [2000/03/22] bin/17546 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall does not let you o [2000/08/28] bin/20908 qa [sysinstall] /stand/sysinstall too limite a [2000/12/09] bin/23402 qa [sysinstall] upgrade ought to check parti o [2001/01/18] bin/24435 qa [libdisk] changing slice type causes Auto o [2001/02/06] bin/24907 qa [sysinstall] Options screen at MenuMedia o [2001/04/28] bin/26919 qa [sysinstall] fdisk should ONLY set one bo o [2001/05/08] bin/27216 qa [sysinstall] can not get to shell prompt f [2001/06/04] bin/27872 qa [sysinstall] "Load Config" hangs Compaq D a [2001/06/11] bin/28081 qa [sysinstall] /stand/sysinstall errs out i o [2001/08/20] bin/29893 qa [sysinstall] suggestions for 4.4 sysinsta o [2001/09/12] bin/30517 qa [sysinstall] using sysinstall with instal a [2001/09/22] bin/30737 qa sysinstall leaks file descriptors on rest f [2001/11/20] bin/32144 qa [sysinstall] unattended install with sysi a [2001/11/29] bin/32375 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall doesn't respect U o [2002/02/28] bin/35400 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall could improve man o [2002/03/20] bin/36118 qa [sysinstall] 4.5 Upgrade says it won't to o [2002/04/09] kern/36916 qa [libdisk] DOS active partition flag lost o [2002/04/16] bin/37160 qa [sysinstall] coredumps when trying to loa o [2002/05/14] bin/38055 qa [sysinstall] Groups (creation) item shoul o [2002/05/14] bin/38056 qa [sysinstall] User (creation)'s "Member gr o [2002/05/14] bin/38057 qa [sysinstall] "install" document doesn't d o [2002/05/24] bin/38478 qa [sysinstall] In Choose Distributions scre o [2002/05/24] bin/38480 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall should prompt for o [2002/05/27] bin/38610 qa [sysinstall] should be able to mount ISO o [2002/06/03] bin/38854 qa [sysinstall] resetting during setup cause o [2002/06/16] bin/39360 qa [sysinstall] if linux emu is added as a d o [2002/06/20] bin/39574 qa [sysinstall] error mounting /dev/acd0c on o [2002/07/23] kern/40926 qa [boot] After Upgrading or Clean Installin o [2002/08/01] bin/41238 qa [sysinstall] problems with FreeBSD instal o [2002/08/23] bin/41949 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall sorts /etc/rc.con o [2002/08/26] bin/42022 qa [sysinstall] non-interactive mode prompts o [2002/08/29] bin/42162 qa [sysinstall] installation crashes, md0c f o [2002/09/18] bin/42934 qa [sysinstall] installation procedure on in o [2002/11/05] bin/44915 qa [sysinstall] 'choose installation media' o [2002/11/13] bin/45254 qa [sysinstall] [patch] sysinstall installs o [2002/11/23] bin/45608 qa [sysinstall] install should config all et o [2003/01/09] bin/46905 qa [sysinstall] FreeBSD 5.x cannot be instal o [2003/02/04] bin/47908 qa [sysinstall] /stand/sysinstall can't disp o [2003/03/06] bin/48989 qa [sysinstall] Sysinstall's partition edit o [2003/05/15] bin/52271 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall panics in machine o [2003/06/10] bin/53131 qa [sysinstall] "ALL" could not turn check B o [2003/06/15] bin/53341 qa [sysinstall] [patch] dump frequency in sy o [2003/11/26] bin/59708 qa [sysinstall] [patch] add sSMTP support fo o [2003/12/18] bin/60350 qa [sysinstall] in Choose Distributions scre o [2004/01/12] bin/61264 qa [sysinstall] unable To Use VT100 Terminal o [2004/01/16] kern/61438 qa [sysinstall] 5.2 nfs tasks running by def o [2004/02/11] bin/62702 qa [sysinstall] backup of /etc and /root dur o [2004/02/11] bin/62711 qa [sysinstall] installation: "Insert Next C o [2004/03/17] conf/64381 qa lo0 not up and no IPs assigned after inst o [2004/08/04] bin/69986 qa [sysinstall] [patch] no job control in fi o [2004/08/04] bin/70002 qa [sysinstall] fails to locate FTP dirs if o [2004/10/01] bin/72232 qa [sysinstall] Installer installs gui-enabl o [2004/10/15] misc/72741 qa ssh broken on fixit cd (missing /dev/rand o [2005/04/19] bin/80117 qa [sysinstall] [patch] smbfs install option o [2005/05/20] bin/81323 qa [sysinstall] Error in installation packag s [2005/07/25] bin/84084 qa [sysinstall] FreeBSD 4.11-R won't install o [2005/07/28] bin/84208 qa [sysinstall] "Leave the MBR untouched" op f [2005/08/08] bin/84667 qa [sysinstall] annoying installation proble o [2005/08/08] bin/84674 qa [sysinstall] Installer trying to install o [2005/08/28] bin/85367 qa [sysinstall] [patch] fix package categori o [2005/09/22] bin/86454 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall terminates with s o [2005/09/26] bin/86600 qa [sysinstall] Sysinstall boot manager scre o [2005/09/28] bin/86665 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall binary upgrade cl o [2005/10/03] bin/86859 qa [sysinstall] Installer should ask about L o [2005/11/11] bin/88826 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall infinity wait for o [2006/01/02] bin/91205 qa [sysinstall] sysinstall package options s o [2006/02/13] bin/93275 qa [sysinstall] Failure to install after res o [2006/03/13] bin/94409 qa [sysinstall] [patch] add geom.debugflags- 75 problems total. From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 16 18:56:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E5716A474 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:56:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from h.eichmann@gmx.de) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3393343D4C for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:56:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from h.eichmann@gmx.de) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 16 Jun 2006 18:56:30 -0000 Received: from p54827B6F.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO 7of9) [84.130.123.111] by mail.gmx.net (mp034) with SMTP; 16 Jun 2006 20:56:30 +0200 X-Authenticated: #4450881 From: Heiner Organization: ncc-1701 To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:01:37 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200606162101.37639.h.eichmann@gmx.de> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: Subject: Re: bin/48341: [sysinstall] sysinstall deletes mbr although it should not X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:56:33 -0000 I have now tested the installation of FreeBSD 6.1 on a machine with some other OS already existing. I've choosen 'none' as described in the bug description. The goal was to use the existing boot manager and point it afterwards to the FreeBSD installation as well. Result: the system was not bootable after the FreeBSD installation. An analysis shows, that the mbr was not deleted or destroyed; just the active flag was removed and the FreeBSD slice was set active. Setting the previous slice active resolved the problem! So the bug text should be replaced by: sysinstall changes the active slice flag although the corresponding sysinstall question was answered with "None - Leave Master Boot Record untouched" Heiner From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 16 19:00:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-qa@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1302116A481 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:00:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45A843D67 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:00:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k5GJ0eGN022136 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:00:40 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k5GJ0e4g022134; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:00:40 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:00:40 GMT Message-Id: <200606161900.k5GJ0e4g022134@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org From: Heiner Cc: Subject: Re: bin/48341: [sysinstall] sysinstall deletes mbr although it should not X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Heiner List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:00:44 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/48341; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Heiner To: bug-followup@freebsd.org, freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/48341: [sysinstall] sysinstall deletes mbr although it should not Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:01:37 +0200 I have now tested the installation of FreeBSD 6.1 on a machine with some other OS already existing. I've choosen 'none' as described in the bug description. The goal was to use the existing boot manager and point it afterwards to the FreeBSD installation as well. Result: the system was not bootable after the FreeBSD installation. An analysis shows, that the mbr was not deleted or destroyed; just the active flag was removed and the FreeBSD slice was set active. Setting the previous slice active resolved the problem! So the bug text should be replaced by: sysinstall changes the active slice flag although the corresponding sysinstall question was answered with "None - Leave Master Boot Record untouched" Heiner