Subject: Re: install/22061: sysinst does not mount target if 'b. Use Existing' is selected
To: None <netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org, gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Makoto Fujiwara <makoto@ki.nu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/05/2003 22:47:11
David> I'm glad to see that sysinst works at all for powerpc :-)
Yeah, the new sysinst looks terrific. I love it.

David> I suspect that you 'forgot' to setup the mountpoint names when you
David> chose 'use existing'.  If you RTFM is does say that you have to!

Yeah, exactly, I did install with saying so, sorry,

David> OTOH the version I'm currently testing will pull defaults from the
David> 'last mounted' field of the superblock.

David> Maybe it ought also inspect /etc/fstab of the target root filesystem.
David> (Upgrade really, really, really does need to do that!)

OK, great, this PR may be closed now, or just telling more checking is
necessary, thanks anyway.  Really nice.

(Before)
We now have your BSD-disklabel partitions as (Start, End and Size in MB).
 This is your last chance to change it.
 
        Start       End      Size FStype Bsize Fsize Preserve Mount point
    --------- --------- --------- ------ ----- ----- -------- -----------
 a:         0       159       160 4.2BSD  8192  1024 Yes
 b:       160       287       128 swap
 c:         0     76318     76319 Whole disk - can't change
 d:       288      1288      1000 4.2BSD  8192  1024 Yes
 e:      1289      1388       100 4.2BSD  8192  1024 Yes
 f:      1389     76318     74929 4.2BSD  8192  1024 Yes
 g: Show all unused partitions
 h: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB)


(After)
 We now have your BSD-disklabel partitions as (Start, End and Size in MB).
 This is your last chance to change it.
 
        Start       End      Size FStype Bsize Fsize Preserve Mount point
    --------- --------- --------- ------ ----- ----- -------- -----------
 a:         0       159       160 4.2BSD  8192  1024 Yes      /
 b:       160       287       128 swap
 c:         0     76318     76319 Whole disk - can't change
 d:       288      1288      1000 4.2BSD  8192  1024 Yes      /usr
 e:      1289      1388       100 4.2BSD  8192  1024 Yes      /var
 f:      1389     76318     74929 4.2BSD  8192  1024 Yes      /export
 g: Show all unused partitions
 h: Change input units (sectors/cylinders/MB)
>x: Partition sizes ok


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Makoto Fujiwara, 
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