Re: install/46298: SWAP space pushing past disk geometry during system installation

[James Carter <mind%kf7fjr.org@localhost>]

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From: James Carter <mind%kf7fjr.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/46298: SWAP space pushing past disk geometry during system
 installation
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 07:54:29 -0700

 I will repeat the same steps and post the steps and results.
 -james
 
 On 04/07/2012 02:50 AM, Julian Fagir wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR install/46298; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: Julian Fagir<gnrp%komkon2.de@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: install/46298: SWAP space pushing past disk geometry during
 >   system installation
 > Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 11:49:56 +0200
 >
 >   Hi,
 >
 >   >  >How-To-Repeat:
 >   >  Create a virtual with a dynamic VDI disk, I made mine 10GB. Accept the
 >   >  default (reasonable) geometry, use the entire disk, modify the 
 > partitions
 >   >  to include ONLY a root with autofill and swap. Everytime I went through
 >   >  this installation make disk label would fail because the swap was 
 > pushing
 >   >  past the disk boundary.
 >   I tried to reproduce, but I don't really know what you did. What exactly is
 >   autofill? Extending the size to the start of the next partition, i.e.
 >   pressing 'b'? This worked for me as it should.
 >   sysinst rather does not touch any of the other partitions when you enlarge
 >   another one, it will complain afterwards that they overlap and throw you 
 > back
 >   to partitioning.
 >   Could you please paste the created label and what *exactly* you did to get
 >   that label?
 >
 >   Regards, Julian
 >