Bug 29119
| Summary: | menu of fdisk editor in 4.3R does not list 'W'rite | ||
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| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | wilko <wilko> |
| Component: | bin | Assignee: | Mark Linimon <linimon> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
wilko@freebsd.org writes: > >Description: > > The FDISK Partition Editor of sysinstall does not display that > it also supports 'W' for a forced write of the fdisk table. > But it does.. And this is really practical in some circumstances > (like installing 2x FreeBSD on the same disk; which needs > fooling sysinstall by changing partition types) It does, but only when it isn't running as init. Joerg (cc'd) wrote that part of the code, so maybe he can tell us why that is. On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 02:29:14AM -0700, Dima Dorfman wrote: > wilko@freebsd.org writes: > > >Description: > > > > The FDISK Partition Editor of sysinstall does not display that > > it also supports 'W' for a forced write of the fdisk table. > > But it does.. And this is really practical in some circumstances > > (like installing 2x FreeBSD on the same disk; which needs > > fooling sysinstall by changing partition types) > > It does, but only when it isn't running as init. Joerg (cc'd) wrote > that part of the code, so maybe he can tell us why that is. OK, my observation was when running from CD. -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte As Dima Dorfman wrote: > wilko@freebsd.org writes: > > >Description: > > > > The FDISK Partition Editor of sysinstall does not display that > > it also supports 'W' for a forced write of the fdisk table. > > But it does.. And this is really practical in some circumstances > > (like installing 2x FreeBSD on the same disk; which needs > > fooling sysinstall by changing partition types) > > It does, but only when it isn't running as init. Joerg (cc'd) wrote > that part of the code, so maybe he can tell us why that is. I don't think i wrote that part of the code, i only documented some other menu items recently. I think using the `w' item in ``running as init'' mode is discouraged, thus it is not mentioned. When you try it, you get a warning later. I believe Jordan wrote that part, no idea what kind of bad things could happen that make it a `discouraged' item. Anyway, the menu deliberately jumps through some hoops to only document the `w' key in !running_as_init mode. -- cheers, J"org .-.-. --... ...-- -.. . DL8DTL http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 08:34:20PM +0200, Joerg Wunsch wrote: > As Dima Dorfman wrote: > > > wilko@freebsd.org writes: > > > >Description: > > > > > > The FDISK Partition Editor of sysinstall does not display that > > > it also supports 'W' for a forced write of the fdisk table. > > > But it does.. And this is really practical in some circumstances > > > (like installing 2x FreeBSD on the same disk; which needs > > > fooling sysinstall by changing partition types) > > > > It does, but only when it isn't running as init. Joerg (cc'd) wrote > > that part of the code, so maybe he can tell us why that is. > > I don't think i wrote that part of the code, i only documented some > other menu items recently. > > I think using the `w' item in ``running as init'' mode is discouraged, > thus it is not mentioned. When you try it, you get a warning later. > > I believe Jordan wrote that part, no idea what kind of bad things > could happen that make it a `discouraged' item. Anyway, the menu > deliberately jumps through some hoops to only document the `w' key in > !running_as_init mode. To be honest I would not care if only the installer allowed multiple FreeBSD instances each in it's own fdisk partition. -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte State Changed From-To: open->feedback Wilko, is this PR OBE? Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->linimon track. State Changed From-To: feedback->closed believed to be OBE (also my experience) and no submitter response for some time. We may re-open this ticket if it's not OBE. |
The FDISK Partition Editor of sysinstall does not display that it also supports 'W' for a forced write of the fdisk table. But it does.. And this is really practical in some circumstances (like installing 2x FreeBSD on the same disk; which needs fooling sysinstall by changing partition types) How-To-Repeat: boot install CD