Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:29:23 -0700 (PDT) From: nicole@webweaver.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: misc/6271: Install program can no longer write out partition info Message-ID: <199804110329.UAA26538@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 6271 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Install program can no longer write out partition info >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 10 20:30:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nicole Harrington >Organization: Mediacity World >Release: 2.2.6-RELEASE >Environment: >Description: The program sysinstall can nolonger write out changes to the hard drive using w >How-To-Repeat: /stand/sysinstall Partition a drive Then label the drive. Use w (write) command to write out the changes to the drive. It will complain about a lack of proper swap space and fail to continue. Witout this, it is now nessesary to do a manual newfs of drives when installing new ones. If you attempt to do this while performing a new install, you will have to restart. >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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