Date: 2 Aug 1996 06:18:51 -0500 From: "Richard Wackerbarth" <rkw@dataplex.net> To: "Andrzej Bialecki" <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2.1.5R sysinstall Message-ID: <n1373155745.52237@Richard Wackerbarth>
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> Yesterday as I was installing 2.1.5R I noticed the same bug (feature?) of > sysinstall as in 2.0.5R. > > When using label editor I choose an (A) option (automatic selection of > filesystems sizes), and then I looked at the numbers and wanted to > slightly change them to suit my specific needs. > > So I went on and deleted some (not all) entries to free up space. Then I > started to assign them anew, and at the last chunk I've simply chosen > ``the rest'' of space by simply pressing Enter, when asked about size of > the filesystem. > > And then this fella tells me something like: "total numbers of blocks > exceeded" or "size too big" - I don't remember exactly. Anyway, it > miscalculated ``the rest'' of free space. > > It didn't help also when I deleted all already assigned space and started > again - it was still complaining. Finally, I quit the label editor and > entered it again. This time I manually assigned sizes, and encountered no > problems. > > So, that's it. Yep. I "found" that one also. I also tried allocating something less than all and still hit the problem. I'm guessing that the allocation doesn't properly "erase" things. -- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@dataplex.net
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