Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:12:02 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Michael Ross <michael.ross@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDInstall ISO images Message-ID: <4D2A1692.7040202@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <op.vo1jmcwthalquq@michael-think> References: <4D28EB32.9090807@freebsd.org> <op.vo0rdvwbhalquq@michael-think> <4D2949C5.2060001@freebsd.org> <op.vo1jmcwthalquq@michael-think>
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On 01/09/11 06:28, Michael Ross wrote:
> Am 09.01.2011, 06:38 Uhr, schrieb Nathan Whitehorn
> <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>:
>
>> On 01/08/11 20:18, Michael Ross wrote:
>
>>> Some quick results from toying around, mainly in the partition editor:
>>>
>>> - I can't delete slices. Ever. "Device busy"
>>>
>>> - I can't delete partitions ("Device busy") once they have been
>>> accessed, e.g. after interrupting the installation process ("Finished"
>>> Ctrl-C "Restart")
>>
>> Right, you can't delete currently mounted partitions, and partedit
>> isn't smart enough to unmount them first. I hadn't thought about this
>> problem -- thanks for the report.
>>
>>> - Sometimes "Finished" shows the "You have cancelled... Restart?"-Dialog
>>> right away. Not sure how to reproduce.
>>
>> That should very much never happen, unless you press "Don't save". I'd
>> love to know how you got this to happen, if you manage to reproduce it
>> in the future.
>
> Press "Finished" without having specified ``/'' as a mountpoint on any
> partition.
> More, once I do this, I can't change the mount point anymore.
> Step-by-Step:
> 1. Create da0s1, da0s1a. No mount point specified. Select "Finished".
> Result: "Abort - you have cancelled... Restart?" Select Restart.
> 2. "Edit" mount point on da0s1a to /. Select "Finished".
> Result: A error dialog pops up: "mount operation not permitted".
>
I think I've fixed all these problems (and the ones reported by Bruce
Cran and Joel Dahl), as well as adding some anti-foot-shooting measures.
Here's a new image, hopefully better:
http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/bsdinstall-i386-20110109.iso.bz2
-Nathan
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