Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:57:25 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Ariane van der Steldt <ariane@stack.nl> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, eadler@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/164095: bsdinstall(8): using optional mount point field while partitioning results in error Message-ID: <4F131385.4060500@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20120114053132.GA66064@stack.nl> References: <201201140116.q0E1GGCE055464@freefall.freebsd.org> <4F10DF56.8050702@freebsd.org> <20120114053132.GA66064@stack.nl>
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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. -Nathan
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