Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 18:53:45 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx> Cc: qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/42162: Installation (sysinstall) crashes, md0c filled u Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021121185325.77113E-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <200211122150.gACLo3eJ032100@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Did we ever manage to kick the restart bugs...? There were reports of
problems with DP2, I thought.
Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert@fledge.watson.org Network Associates Laboratories
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, John Baldwin wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR i386/42162; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx>
> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
> Cc: murray@FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Re: i386/42162: Installation (sysinstall) crashes, md0c filled u
> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:40:26 -0500 (EST)
>
> The problem is that sysinstall assumes that you have already done
> the chroot into /mnt if you do a restart. However, this is not
> always the case. Arguably since a restart kicks you back to the
> main menu, sysinstall should always chroot() in install.c. At the
> very least it should chroot if it hasn't done it yet. The line in
> question is:
>
> if (!Restarting && chroot("/mnt") == -1) {
>
> in installInitial() in install.c.
>
> --
>
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