Attachment 11786 Details for Bug 23064 – file.diff

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Created: 2000-11-24 09:40:01 UTC

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>--- release/sysinstall/label.c.orig     Mon Jun 18 20:54:02 2001
>+++ release/sysinstall/label.c  Mon Jun 18 21:28:33 2001
>@@ -965,6 +965,27 @@
>                    clear_wins();
>                    break;
>                }
>+
>+#ifdef __alpha__
>+               /*
>+                * SRM seems to assume that the root partition is the first on
>+                * the disk and cannot boot otherwise. Warn Alpha users if they
>+                * are about to shoot themselves in the foot in this way.
>+                *
>+                * Since partitions may not start precisely at offset 0 we
>+                * check for a "close to 0" instead. :-(
>+                */
>+               if ((flags & CHUNK_IS_ROOT) && (tmp->offset > 1024)) {
>+                   msgConfirm("Your root partition (a) does not seem to be the
>+first\n"
>+                              "partition. SRM can only boot from the first
>+partition,\n"
>+                              "so it is unlikely that your current disk layout
>+will\n"
>+                              "be bootable boot after installation.\n"
>+                              "\n"
>+                              "Please allocate the root partition before
>+allocating\n"
>+                              "any others.\n");
>+               }
>+#endif
>+
>                if (type != PART_SWAP) {
>                    /* This is needed to tell the newfs -u about the size */
>                    tmp->private_data = new_part(p->mountpoint, p->newfs,
>+tmp->size);

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