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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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