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Date:      Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:46:10 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Schroeder, Aaron" <Aaron.Schroeder@qg.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com>
Subject:   RE: creating partions in RC-2 install
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20030110144610.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <025596A38A894B45AFE62346A6BF474603CE9E24@waexch1.qgraph.com>

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On 10-Jan-2003 Schroeder, Aaron wrote:
> I have this problem as well on any alpha that I have installed 5.0RC2 on
> (5305, 2100, 4000, Miata).
> 
> Just an FYI that it is not limited to Mr. Buckingham.

I just checked in a fix that I will try to get merged in time for 5.0.
RC3 will still have the bug.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:02 AM
> To: Geoff Buckingham
> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: creating partions in RC-2 install
> 
> 
> 
> On 10-Jan-2003 Geoff Buckingham wrote:
>> 
>> I suspect this is my problem, not an RC-2 issue but, 
>> can anybody else create new partitions in sysinstall.
>> 
>> Starting with a 'naked' disk straigh out of its 
>> sealed anti-static bag I cant create any partitions.
>> 
>> This is on a Alphaserver 800 5/333, booting from CD,
>> if nobody else sees this I will try this on a NONAME
>> based system at the weekend.
> 
> Yes, I have seen this before.  I think I may have a fix for it
> though.  Need to test it locally on an i386 machine first.
> 
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