Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:42:30 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org>, Ariane van der Steldt <ariane@stack.nl>, "eadler@FreeBSD.org" <eadler@FreeBSD.org>, "freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: bin/164095: bsdinstall(8): using optional mount point field while partitioning results in error Message-ID: <8B160191-CB60-4D8F-92DD-87A7DF4F13DC@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F131385.4060500@freebsd.org> References: <201201140116.q0E1GGCE055464@freefall.freebsd.org> <4F10DF56.8050702@freebsd.org> <20120114053132.GA66064@stack.nl> <4F131385.4060500@freebsd.org>
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On Jan 15, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote= : > On 01/13/12 23:31, Ariane van der Steldt wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 07:50:14PM -0600, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>> On 01/13/12 19:16, eadler@FreeBSD.org wrote: >>>> Old Synopsis: installer: using optional mount point field while partiti= oning results in error >>>> New Synopsis: bsdinstall(8): using optional mount point field while par= titioning results in error >>>>=20 >>>> Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall >>>> Responsible-Changed-By: eadler >>>> Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Jan 14 01:15:02 UTC 2012 >>>> Responsible-Changed-Why: >>>> assign and fix synopsis >>>>=20 >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D164095 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sysinstall >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sysinstall-unsubscribe@freebs= d.org" >>>> Installer partition selection claims I must enter a mountpoint. >>>> Filling in the mountpoint tells me I must not enter a mountpoint. >>>=20 >>> I can't reproduce this. Can you provide more details? >> Hi Nathan, >>=20 >> You need another OS already installed on the disk already, in my case I >> reproduced by installing Windows XP in a 8GB partition on an 80GB disk. >> If you don't have another OS installed, the dialogs will not appear. >>=20 >> Please see attached screenshots: >> - 01: the dialog that came up >> - 02: what I filled in >> - 03: the resulting error dialog >=20 > You can't provide a mountpoint for nested partitions. Since that dialog ha= s a file type field, it can't conditionally remove the bottom line, which on= ly applies to FAT32 or freebsd-ufs or such partitions. I guess something abo= ut this could be added to the existing help line, but it's already a little l= ong. At some point we're likely to do a rototill of the partition adding dia= log, and will make this a little clearer. For now, you have the error dialog= that says you should leave it blank. pc-sysinstall suffers from the same issue [with ZFS at least]. sade and sysinstall are the only tools I know of that did the right thin= g. Cheers, -Garrett=
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