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Date:      Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:58:55 +0200
From:      Thomas Schweikle <tps@vr-web.de>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   i386/79840: Partitioning and formating a new disk fails using sysinstall
Message-ID:  <200504122359.03799.tps@vr-web.de>
Resent-Message-ID: <200504122200.j3CM0ll6003563@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         79840
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Partitioning and formating a new disk fails using=20
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 12 22:00:46 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Thomas Schweikle
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
private
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD hazel.tps 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #31: Tue Apr=20
5 09:17:05 CEST 2005 screen@hazel.tps:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HAZEL=20
i386
	PII / 512MiByte RAM
	Adaptec SCSI
		HD1: 9GiByte
		HD2: 32GiByte
		HD3 (temporary): 9GiByte

>Description:
	walnut# dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3Ddev/da2 bs=3D1024 count=3D4
	walnut# /stand/sysinstall

	Goto "Configure"
	Goto "Fdisk"
	Select "da2"
	Key "A" - "Use Entire Disk"
	Key "W" - "Write Changes"
	Select "Yes" for "User Confirmation Requested"
	Select "BootMgr"
	Tab to "OK"
	Key "CR"
	Message "Wrote FDISK partition information out successfully."
	Key "CR"
	Key "Q"

	Goto "Label"
	Key "C"
	Partition Size: "384M"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: "256M"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "SWAP"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: "384M"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new/tmp"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: "384M"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new/var"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: "1G"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new/home"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: keep what is given; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new/usr"; Key "CR"
	Select "da2s1d"; Key "S"

	Now it is shown:
	Disk: da2       Partition name: da2s1   Free: 0 blocks (0MB)

	Part      Mount          Size Newfs
	----      -----          ---- -----
	da2s1d    /new          384MB UFS2   Y
	da2s1b    swap          256MB SWAP
	da2s1e    /new/tmp      384MB UFS2+S Y
	da2s1f    /new/var      384MB UFS2+S Y
	da2s1g    /new/home    1024MB UFS2+S Y
	da2s1h    /new/usr     3710MB UFS2+S Y

	Key "W"
	"User Confirmation Requested" - Select "Yes"; Key "CR"
	"Unable to add /dev/da2s1b as swap device: \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1d on /new : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1g on /new/home : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1e on /new/tmp : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1h on /new/usr : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1f on /new/var : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	Key "Q"
	Select "X Exit"; Key "CR"
	Select "X Exit Install"; Key "CR"

	Now have a look at what "ls" tells us:
	walnut# ll /
	total 60
	-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  6192 Jan 31 10:18 COPYRIGHT
	drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel  1024 Apr  7 01:22 bin
	[...]
	drwxr-xr-x   6 root  wheel   512 Apr  7 23:06 new
	[...]
	walnut#
	The errors above are not because "/new" did not exist.

	What about "ls -la /dev/da2*":
	crw-r-----  1 root  operator    4,  14 Apr  8 20:07 /dev/da2
	crw-r-----  1 root  operator    4,  91 Apr  8 18:24 /dev/da2s1
	crw-r-----  1 root  operator    4,  92 Apr  8 18:24 /dev/da2s1c

	The same with a "DD" disk:
	walnut# dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3Ddev/da2 bs=3D1024 count=3D4
	walnut# /stand/sysinstall

	Goto "Configure"
	Goto "Fdisk"
	Select "da2"
	Key "A" - "Use Entire Disk"
	Key "F" - "'DD' Mode"
	"Do you want to do this with a true ..."; Select "No"; Key "CR"
	Key "W" - "Write Changes"
	Select "Yes" for "User Confirmation Requested"
	Message "Wrote FDISK partition information out successfully."
	Key "CR"
	Key "Q"

	Goto "Label"
	Key "C"
	Partition Size: "384M"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: "256M"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "SWAP"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: "384M"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new/tmp"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: "384M"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new/var"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: "1G"; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new/home"; Key "CR"
	Partition Size: keep what is given; Key "CR"
	Partition Type: "FS"; Key "CR"
	Mount Point: "/new/usr"; Key "CR"
	Select "da2s1d"; Key "S"

	Now it is shown:
	Disk: da2       Partition name: da2s1   Free: 0 blocks (0MB)

	Part      Mount          Size Newfs
	----      -----          ---- -----
	da2s1d    /new          384MB UFS2   Y
	da2s1b    swap          256MB SWAP
	da2s1e    /new/tmp      384MB UFS2+S Y
	da2s1f    /new/var      384MB UFS2+S Y
	da2s1g    /new/home    1024MB UFS2+S Y
	da2s1h    /new/usr     3710MB UFS2+S Y

	Key "W"
	"User Confirmation Requested" - Select "Yes"; Key "CR"
	"Unable to add /dev/da2s1b as swap device: \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1d on /new : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1g on /new/home : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1e on /new/tmp : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1h on /new/usr : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	"Error mounting /dev/da2s1f on /new/var : \
	   No such file or directory"; Key "CR"
	Key "Q"
	Select "X Exit"; Key "CR"
	Select "X Exit Install"; Key "CR"

	Now have a look at what "ls" tells us:
	walnut# ll /
	total 60
	-r--r--r--   1 root  wheel  6192 Jan 31 10:18 COPYRIGHT
	drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel  1024 Apr  7 01:22 bin
	[...]
	drwxr-xr-x   6 root  wheel   512 Apr  7 23:06 new
	[...]
	walnut#
	The errors above are not because "/new" did not exist.

	What about "ls -la /dev/da2*":
	crw-r-----  1 root  operator    4,  14 Apr  8 20:07 /dev/da2
	crw-r-----  1 root  operator    4,  91 Apr  8 18:24 /dev/da2s1
	crw-r-----  1 root  operator    4,  92 Apr  8 18:24 /dev/da2s1c

>How-To-Repeat:
	start sysinstall, then follow the instructions above.

>Fix:
	Workaround: use fdisk/bsdlabel instead.

        walnut# dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3Ddev/da2 bs=3D1024 count=3D4
        walnut# fdisk -I -v /dev/da2
        ******* Working on device /dev/da2 *******
        fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found
        parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
        cylinders=3D783 heads=3D255 sectors/track=3D63 (16065 blks/cyl)

        parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
        cylinders=3D783 heads=3D255 sectors/track=3D63 (16065 blks/cyl)

        Information from DOS bootblock is:
        1: sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
            start 63, size 12578832 (6142 Meg), flag 80 (active)
                beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
                end: cyl 782/ head 254/ sector 63
        2: <UNUSED>
        3: <UNUSED>
        4: <UNUSED>
        walnut# ls -la /dev/da2*
        crw-r----- 1 root  operator  4,  14 Apr  8 20:46 /dev/da2
        crw-r----- 1 root  operator  4, 101 Apr  8 18:24 /dev/da2s1
        crw-r----- 1 root  operator  4, 102 Apr  8 18:24 /dev/da2s1c

	OK so far. Take the part with bsdlabel. First create a file
	holding all partition information (I have named it "label.txt"):
        # /dev/da2:
        8 partitions:
        #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
          a:     384M        *    4.2BSD
          b:     256M        *    swap
          d:     384M        *    4.2BSD
          e:     384M        *    4.2BSD
          f:       1G        *    4.2BSD
          g:        *        *    4.2BSD

	walnut# bsdlabel -B -R label.txt
        walnut# ls -la /dev/da2*
        crw-r-----  1 root operator  4,  14 Apr  8 20:46 /dev/da2
        crw-r-----  1 root operator  4, 101 Apr  8 18:24 /dev/da2s1
        crw-r-----  1 root operator  4, 118 Apr  8 18:26 /dev/da2s1a
        crw-r-----  1 root operator  4, 119 Apr  8 18:26 /dev/da2s1b
        crw-r-----  1 root operator  4, 102 Apr  8 18:24 /dev/da2s1c
        crw-r-----  1 root operator  4, 121 Apr  8 18:26 /dev/da2s1d
        crw-r-----  1 root operator  4, 122 Apr  8 18:26 /dev/da2s1e
        crw-r-----  1 root operator  4, 123 Apr  8 18:26 /dev/da2s1f
        crw-r-----  1 root operator  4, 124 Apr  8 18:26 /dev/da2s1g

        Now no errors creating the file systems and mounting:
        walnut# newfs -O2 /dev/da2s1a
        walnut# newfs -O2 -U /dev/da2s1d
        walnut# newfs -O2 -U /dev/da2s1e
        walnut# newfs -O2 -U /dev/da2s1f
        walnut# newfs -O2 -U /dev/da2s1g

        walnut# mount /dev/da2s1a /new
        walnut# mkdir /new/tmp; mount /dev/da2s1d /new/tmp
        walnut# mkdir /new/var; mount /dev/da2s1e /new/var
        walnut# mkdir /new/home; mount /dev/da2s1f /new/home
        walnut# mkdir /new/usr; mount /dev/da2s1g /new/usr

        walnut# mount
        [...]
        /dev/da2s1a on /new (ufs, local)
        /dev/da2s1d on /new/tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates)
        /dev/da2s1e on /new/var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
        /dev/da2s1f on /new/home (ufs, local, soft-updates)   =20
        /dev/da2s1g on /new/usr (ufs, local, soft-updates)   =20


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