From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 27 17:36:09 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B13106564A for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:36:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daniel@morante.net) Received: from venus.morante.net (venus.morante.net [63.247.147.163]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF2B28FC14 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:36:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from saturn.morante.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by venus.morante.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B12E1B720 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:28:29 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at morante.net Received: from venus.morante.net ([127.0.0.1]) by saturn.morante.com (saturn.morante.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id tiCSnzZ3_S-P for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:28:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (my-room.morante.com [192.168.0.2]) by venus.morante.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 949F8E1B152 for ; Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:28:19 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=morante.net; s=default; t=1343410099; bh=ZtamgNxDFHReL7avxtMsqEyRFT4AlGdLl8C/FoNykig=; h=Date:From:To:Subject; b=L1UM//gt7bu4AnBTUF9hPSr9Zv17qbuCdNiv1y+aikDArDAsyne9bXIXqoGE+X2ZP 3nPElx6WiVV9Wvh14yix8d/RdqxhgD9tMvpUkChbQcz/m8uIAylyIhuL47DR4I71Ax nLLCbQWbMncydO4D9t28pfnbp4z5IOgvXjEyeQuw= Message-ID: <5012CFF6.6030400@morante.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:29:26 -0400 From: Daniel Morante User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: 9.1 beta powerpc64 installer bugs X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:36:09 -0000 I have 2 Mac Pro G5's and was testing out FreeBSD 9.1 beta. I noticed some small problems in the BSD installer: 1. When using the guided partitioning with entire disk selected, if you delete the pre-made "/" and create a new one (to make it a different size for example). After hitting OK, the installer asks you to create an Apple boot partition even though one already exists. If I select yes, I now have two Apple boot partitions. 2. I also noticed that the numbering gets a little out of order if you don't delete ALL existing partitions first. At some point I ended up with the numbering starting at 5 or skipping a 3 for example. 3. If the installer fails at some point and I restart it, the DHCP option comes back with a an error saying it was not able to assign an IP via DHCP. I can continue without DCHP and the IP address is pre-configured, however DNS is not. 4. I wasn't able to create a ZFS partition (for example /data). I was able to add it from the guided partitioning screen, but when it came time to format and install, I received a mount error and the installer failed. Other than that, the powerpc64 install on a Apple Mac Pro G5 was successful.