Bug 33066

Summary:	sysinstall(8): does not write to new disks as expected
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Michael W Lucas <mwlucas>
Component:	bin	Assignee:	Bruce Cran <brucec>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	4.4-RELEASE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Michael W Lucas 2001-12-21 17:10:01 UTC

sysinstall does not newfs & label new disks as you would expect.

Fix: 

No clue.

rwatson asked me to send in this PR, so here you go.  :)
How-To-Repeat: 
Install a new disk in an existing system.  Fire up sysinstall, go to
disk menu.  At the partitioning screen, if you just hit "w" nothing
happens.  I would expect the disk to be labeled & newfs'd.  If you
check the "formatting options" on a partition, and then hit "w", it
works as expected.

Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer

2001-12-30 14:51:28 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->rwatson

Robert, apparently you asked for this PR to be filed.  What should be 
done with it? :-)

Comment 2 Robert Watson freebsd_committer

2008-01-18 19:42:50 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: rwatson->kensmith

Assign to sysinstall maintainer.

Comment 3 Bruce Cran freebsd_committer

2010-11-14 13:32:01 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

sysinstall isn't really designed as a post-installation configuration  
tool - you should use sade instead or, preferably, gpart. 
However, it does work if you create partitions in the fdisk editor then  
hit 'W' to write out the changes.

Comment 4 Bruce Cran freebsd_committer

2010-11-14 13:32:01 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: kensmith->brucec

Take.