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Subject: misc/21300: Install CD-ROMs don't give users enough rope.
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>Number:         21300
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Install CD-ROMs don't give users enough rope.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 15 14:30:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mike Meyer
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
Meyer Consulting
>Environment:

	Install is failing on a multi-os system. In particular, I'm
	trying to install on a partition that extends beyond the 1024
	cylinder limit.
	
	Also, I'm using the GRUB bootloader, from the ports.

>Description:

	I'd like to install a second version of FreeBSD on the partition
	described above. However, the install CD-ROM *refuses* to do
	the install because the BSD boot loader (boot easy? Something
	else?) can't deal with the partition in question.
	
	Refusing to install is obnoxious. There should be someway to
	do an install *anyway*. Lots of warnings are probably
	appropriate, but not being able to do this is a very silly
	thing.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Try an install with an out-of-bounds root partition.

>Fix:

	Sorry...


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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