From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 01:40:06 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 1A7A11065673 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:40:06 +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 E76B78FC0A for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:40:05 +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 p8R1e5wT094375 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:40:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p8R1e5KQ094374; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:40:05 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:40:05 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201109270140.p8R1e5KQ094374@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 DC4961065674 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:37:15 +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 CD2988FC15 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:37:15 +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 p8R1bFHo051536 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:37:15 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p8R1bFba051533; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:37:15 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201109270137.p8R1bFba051533@red.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 01:37:15 GMT From: Ben Kaduk To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/161051: bsdinstall cannot install on existing partitions 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 01:40:06 -0000 >Number: 161051 >Category: bin >Synopsis: bsdinstall cannot install on existing 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: Tue Sep 27 01:40:05 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ben Kaduk >Release: 9-beta 2 >Organization: MIT SIPB >Environment: n/a >Description: Per my mail to -current of 16 September 2011, I had an old scratch box with 7.4 on it, that I wanted to try the installer out on. I figured I could just reuse the partitions for testing (even though this is in general risky, due to stale libraries/configuration files/etc.), but was unable to do so. The extracting stage died with an error about being unable to create /var/empty with appropriate permissions. >How-To-Repeat: Try to install 9-beta2 on existing partitions >Fix: Either the /var/empty errors could be worked around, or the installer should refuse to use existing partitions. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: