From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 30 15:30:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F6316A41C for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 15:30:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9805C43D1F for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 15:30:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4UFU2YS066480 for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 15:30:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j4UFU2UC066479; Mon, 30 May 2005 15:30:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 15:30:02 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200505301530.j4UFU2UC066479@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "H.P. Stroebel" Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CA9A16A41C for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 15:27:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4980243D1F for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 15:27:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4UFRUEI017831 for ; Mon, 30 May 2005 15:27:30 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j4UFRUdg017830; Mon, 30 May 2005 15:27:30 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200505301527.j4UFRUdg017830@www.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 15:27:30 GMT From: "H.P. Stroebel" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Cc: Subject: i386/81674: Install root option of 4.11 boot floppies points to / instead of /mnt X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 15:30:03 -0000 >Number: 81674 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Install root option of 4.11 boot floppies points to / instead of /mnt >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon May 30 15:30:01 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: H.P. Stroebel >Release: 4.11 >Organization: >Environment: Kernel from Boot-Floppies (uname not available while installing) >Description: In a install from the two boot floppies (on a machine without CD-ROM) the option "Install Root" points to /. This is the / of the install system itself. Distributions fetched by FTP will be extracted into the / filesystem (Ramdisk?), which will soon overflow, causing the installation procedure to fail. As the first (and in this case only) HDD is being mounted on /mnt, the "Install root" option should point by default to this mountpoint, so that the distributions will get extracted to the harddisk. The help file instead tells to leave the "install root" untouched in most cases. >How-To-Repeat: Do a standard or custom ftp install using the 4.11 boot floppies kern and mfsroot. See "install root" on the options screen pointing to /, and an HDD mounted to /mnt. >Fix: Change "install root" option to /mnt (if this doesn`t trigger other problems) or add a hint to the helpfile. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: