Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 22:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/24435: Unable to create root partition. Too big? Message-ID: <200101190610.f0J6A2n66340@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/24435; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> To: rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/24435: Unable to create root partition. Too big? Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:04:59 +0200 On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 12:09:31PM -0500, rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > > >Number: 24435 > >Category: bin > >Synopsis: Changing slice type causes Auto-partition to not work > > A co-worker of mine was installing FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE on a machine > that previously held two FAT partitions. Rather than delete and > recreate the first partition to change it to a FreeBSD partition, > he changed the partition "type" using T. The slice editor then showed > "the right thing". However, when he then got to partition allocation, > hitting A resulted in the following message: > > Unable to create the root partition. Too big? > > Going back and deleting the FreeBSD slice (was a FAT slice), then creating > it again caused auto-partitioning to work fine. It sounds like the > change in slice type is not being propagated properly to the partitioning > phase. Also, it sounds like the debugging output from the partition > creation is a tad on the not-so-specific-side. I've encountered this bug also. 4.2-stable as I remember. -- Vallo Kallaste vallo@matti.ee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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