Bug 258696 - installer fails when using separate /root partition: "can't create .cshrc on /root".bug in installer if
Summary: installer fails when using separate /root partition: "can't create .cshrc on ...
Status: Closed Feedback Timeout
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: misc (show other bugs)
Version: 13.0-STABLE
Hardware: amd64 Any
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Assignee: freebsd-sysinstall (Nobody)
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Keywords: needs-qa
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Reported: 2021-09-23 19:39 UTC by MAssimo Mollo
Modified: 2025-04-06 14:30 UTC (History)
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Description MAssimo Mollo 2021-09-23 19:39:42 UTC 
Start installer with the mini-memstick image.
Create on the destination hd (GPT) the following partitions:
/ 12gb
/home 2gb
/var 3gb
/var/log 1gb
/tmp 5 gb
/usr/ports 15gb
/root 5 gb

the installer fails with the message "can't create .cshrc on /root".
If you don't use a partition for /root, the installer works correctly.
Comment 1 Joshua Armstrong 2023-08-07 14:56:57 UTC 
Is a separate /root partition a supported install scenario? My (possibly outdated) knowledge says that /root should be part of / so that root can still log in and access termcap in single-user mode, where only the root partition is mounted.
Comment 2 Tatsuki Makino 2023-08-08 05:17:55 UTC 
I mean, that's because /.cshrc is a hardlink to /root/.cshrc, isn't it?
Comment 3 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-10-03 04:06:13 UTC 
^Triage: clear stale flags.

To submitter: is this aging PR still relevant?