>Number:         19036
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       in some cases partition sizes in sysinst may differ
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 13 04:40:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Martin Cernohorsky
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD/i386 1.6 

>Description:
	When reinstalling NetBSD on a disk with previously existing
	NetBSD installation using sysinst, disklabel partition table
	is taken from disk (or maybe from in-core disklabel) rather
	than from the form describing MBR partition table. If user choses
	to change the size of NetBSD partition of the disk, sysinst
	will work with the old sizes (and does not allow to change them
	in the disklabel partition menu), which results in inability
	to install NetBSD because some NetBSD partitions may lie
	outside the NetBSD part of the disk. This behaviour was
	discovered on the i386 port. I don't know if it applies to
	other platforms using sysinst (I have no acces to any).
>How-To-Repeat:
	Install NetBSD with other OS on the disk. Then, using sysinst,
	make a new installation, where the other OS uses greater part
	of the disk, and NetBSD smaller. In the disklabel partitioning
	menu will show the NetBSD partition size and offset taken from
	the previous install. During an attempt to label the disk will
	sysinst fail.
	This problem will not arise when installing on fresh disk
	without NetBSD partition, or when the size of NetBSD partition
	is not changed.
>Fix:
	When the size of NetBSD part of the disk in MBR disklabel
	is changed, take this into account when calculating the sizes
	of c partition in disklabel part. menu, and then recalculate
	the default values for  other partition sizes.
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