From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 6 16:44:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 212281065697 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2010 16:44:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redtick@sbcglobal.net) Received: from web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.199.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E3C928FC0A for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2010 16:44:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 96923 invoked by uid 60001); 6 Feb 2010 16:44:08 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sbcglobal.net; s=s1024; t=1265474648; bh=fcyTDQ34IwFKNYBkzWNNKmqPi3qxrLRO+v+TrxYL77E=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=T3QIssWnYNe4TLO6/mrw6rknDkIV+GgA2dO+WtiDSlr0oRjv3Ye5ia8mOGN37JCmg0I0QUAjwDYLu2n+Gm4Wj/yLVFQ+cTYYULgr3PaP4NI3ED3kYox2oGlKF/WflPUnTf4YDsHFoeqVNiT7qNj5QJVUJoQBfsp3cBBppHSEGXY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=LPXFOtE7szss4d9XJz8hynHYV0M7FseJ2Rs0emSAe86UFmHcEy9fhEJHbAzTK8bm+P8RxbB6i/8TCWHSEoVZpZtHcVy+XcH0FASnIqMH61lToN0PKe12SDv5X8xs9qx5n0yiLrd6VUq4Ol5SMBZ32WxZVyFJaMYlLLk4ZGrEvIU=; Message-ID: <37254.95277.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: lwnvV7kVM1ntshLprOFGE0BB1m0X0WYUaa3ULCKRsKZ7xS3KWrZuP4Gi2vAwrV5QfNan9SHZqB0g1DINYsAmmb66J6Kyks1Vgt_UqEXWfumdWZahg68REhde7QnB38zfNhv.j267LS9fPV9_MpxiWmF.uOqA0HseO2KX0g2UVtB8x9YuXV769F0b_cWQ2ohe_YaoJegeZvdRmtLVA2DKC.H5xVShH7embnelNipPyLymkQ4YrmMiRLslWGVWeX6xedTvgaaYXQsbDUxdPW6o7rNg3DLuqJrh1HBVNfRKYCVsGs09Kj3rqtuKREWA0qhacCSuUyK19ILt3bxjo92j3esKdJVQ3.qZQvq4ypmHoj.vtM577d0IIQRxHc_f Received: from [68.89.237.241] by web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:44:07 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/9.1.10 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:44:07 -0800 (PST) From: Mark To: help help MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Fw: Re: sysinstall and mfs I'm out of Ideas. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:44:09 -0000 =0A=0A--- On Sat, 2/6/10, Mark wrote:=0A=0A> From: = Mark =0A> Subject: Re: sysinstall and mfs I'm out of= Ideas.=0A> To: "Martin McCormick" =0A> Date: Sa= turday, February 6, 2010, 12:17 AM=0A> =0A> =0A> --- On Fri, 2/5/10, Martin= McCormick =0A> wrote:=0A> =0A> > From: Martin M= cCormick =0A> > Subject: Re: sysinstall and mfs = I'm out of Ideas.=0A> > To: "Mark" =0A> > Date: Frid= ay, February 5, 2010, 8:21 PM=0A> > Mark writes:=0A> > > I'm sure you have = already read this from man=0A> > sysinstall, but it may give =0A> > > a hin= t to something you may have missed.=0A> > > =0A> > >=A0=0A> > =A0=A0=A0<<<<= =A0=A0=A0Note:=0A> > Nothing is actually written to disk by this function,= =0A> an=0A> > >=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=0A> > explicit call to diskParti= tionWrite being required for=0A> that=0A> > =0A> > > to happen. >>>>=0A> > = > =0A> > >=A0 =A0 =A0 diskPartitionWrite=0A> > >=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= Causes=0A> > any pending MBR changes (typically from the=0A> > >=A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=0A> > diskPartitionEditor function) to be written out.= =0A> > > =0A> > >=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=0A> > Variables: None=0A> > > = =0A> > > =0A> > > <<< Note: No file system data is=0A> actually=0A> > writt= en to disk until an=0A> > >=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=0A> > explicit call = to diskLabelCommit is made.=0A> > =0A> > =A0=A0=A0 Thank you. The commit is= definitely=0A> > never happening.=0A> > When it does happen, several messa= ges appear and there=0A> is a=0A> > time=0A> > lag while the newfs takes pl= ace. It should happen=0A> right=0A> > after=0A> > one selects the installat= ion media. Instead, it just=0A> skips=0A> > that=0A> > step and ruins mfs b= y overwriting some of its=0A> utilities=0A> > with=0A> > binaries that shou= ld be going to the hard drive.=A0=0A> > Again, thanks.=0A> > =0A> > Martin = McCormick=0A> >=0A> =0A> perhaps adding "sleep 120" to halt the script exec= ution for=0A> 2 minutes to allow the new files system write to complete.=0A= > hth=0A> =0A>