Bug 19442

Summary:	can't install on diverse harddisks.
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	r_larvik <r_larvik>
Component:	conf	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description r_larvik 2000-06-22 17:50:00 UTC

This is an installer problem.

I have a small leftover slice on the primary drive,
and an enormous second drive.

Partition hdb starts out well, but prompted for the bootloader,
I select hda, and the partitioning I've done on hdb is all gone.

If I would like to have my bootloader on hda, I have to partition
on hda as well.

This way I can only have 300 MB hda for FreeBSD
while I have 3.5 GB hdb available. Funny or what?

Fix: 

Better installer, please.
How-To-Repeat: Well, get an old VX board, I'm running 200MHz on a QDI 430VX,
IDE drives. Never have had any problems with Linux distros, 
albeit this is my first try in FreeBSD.

Comment 1 iedowse freebsd_committer

2001-08-26 00:04:55 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->feedback


Is this still a problem with more recent releases? If so, a few 
more details of the exact disk layout and what you are trying 
to achieve would be useful.

Comment 2 iedowse freebsd_committer

2002-01-13 18:39:57 UTC

State Changed
From-To: feedback->closed


Feedback timeout.