Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:53:40 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> 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: <4F1320B4.9040803@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <8B160191-CB60-4D8F-92DD-87A7DF4F13DC@gmail.com> References: <201201140116.q0E1GGCE055464@freefall.freebsd.org> <4F10DF56.8050702@freebsd.org> <20120114053132.GA66064@stack.nl> <4F131385.4060500@freebsd.org> <8B160191-CB60-4D8F-92DD-87A7DF4F13DC@gmail.com>
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On 01/15/12 12:42, Garrett Cooper wrote: > 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 partitioning results in error >>>>> New Synopsis: bsdinstall(8): using optional mount point field while partitioning results in error >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=164095 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sysinstall >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sysinstall-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>> Installer partition selection claims I must enter a mountpoint. >>>>> Filling in the mountpoint tells me I must not enter a mountpoint. >>>> I can't reproduce this. Can you provide more details? >>> Hi Nathan, >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> Please see attached screenshots: >>> - 01: the dialog that came up >>> - 02: what I filled in >>> - 03: the resulting error dialog >> You can't provide a mountpoint for nested partitions. Since that dialog has a file type field, it can't conditionally remove the bottom line, which only applies to FAT32 or freebsd-ufs or such partitions. I guess something about this could be added to the existing help line, but it's already a little long. At some point we're likely to do a rototill of the partition adding dialog, 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 thing. > Cheers, > -Garrett One solution that has been discussed is to add a partition type menu as a second previous screen, which also has the nice effect of giving a list of options (with an "Other" entry at the bottom). The only downside there is an extra keypress. I don't have time to look into this, but patches are very welcome. -Nathan
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