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Date:      Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:59:23 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r230309 - head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit
Message-ID:  <201201181559.q0IFxNVa046854@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: nwhitehorn
Date: Wed Jan 18 15:59:23 2012
New Revision: 230309
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/230309

Log:
  Warn if trying to install over an existing partition, which usually fails
  anyway due to libarchive not being able to overwrite schg flags.
  
  PR:		bin/164278
  MFC after:	4 days

Modified:
  head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit/partedit.c

Modified: head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit/partedit.c
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit/partedit.c	Wed Jan 18 15:25:34 2012	(r230308)
+++ head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit/partedit.c	Wed Jan 18 15:59:23 2012	(r230309)
@@ -240,23 +240,41 @@ delete_part_metadata(const char *name)
 static int
 validate_setup(void)
 {
-	struct partition_metadata *md;
-	int root_found = FALSE;
+	struct partition_metadata *md, *root = NULL;
+	int cancel;
 
 	TAILQ_FOREACH(md, &part_metadata, metadata) {
 		if (md->fstab != NULL && strcmp(md->fstab->fs_file, "/") == 0)
-			root_found = TRUE;
+			root = md;
 
 		/* XXX: Check for duplicate mountpoints */
 	}
 
-	if (!root_found) {
+	if (root == NULL) {
 		dialog_msgbox("Error", "No root partition was found. "
 		    "The root FreeBSD partition must have a mountpoint of '/'.",
 		0, 0, TRUE);
 		return (FALSE);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Check for root partitions that we aren't formatting, which is 
+	 * usually a mistake
+	 */
+	if (root->newfs == NULL) {
+		dialog_vars.defaultno = TRUE;
+		cancel = dialog_yesno("Warning", "The chosen root partition "
+		    "has a preexisting filesystem. If it contains an existing "
+		    "FreeBSD system, please update it with freebsd-update "
+		    "instead of installing a new system on it. The partition "
+		    "can also be erased by pressing \"No\" and then deleting "
+		    "and recreating it. Are you sure you want to proceed?",
+		    0, 0);
+		dialog_vars.defaultno = FALSE;
+		if (cancel)
+			return (FALSE);
+	}
+
 	return (TRUE);
 }
 



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