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From: wilko@freebsd.org
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: menu of fdisk editor in 4.3R does not list 'W'rite
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>Number:         29119
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       menu of fdisk editor in 4.3R does not list 'W'rite
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    linimon
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 21 02:50:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Sun May 11 14:59:59 UTC 2008
>Last-Modified:  Sun May 11 14:59:59 UTC 2008
>Originator:     Wilko Bulte
>Release:        FreeBSD 4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Private FreeBSD site - The Netherlands
>Environment:

        4.3R install CD

>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)

>How-To-Repeat:

        boot install CD 

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To: wilko@freebsd.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, joerg@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/29119: menu of fdisk editor in 4.3R does not list 'W'rite 
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 02:29:14 -0700

 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.

From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
Cc: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG,
	joerg@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/29119: menu of fdisk editor in 4.3R does not list 'W'rite
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 11:48:22 +0200

 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	

From: Joerg Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
Cc: wilko@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org,
	jkh@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/29119: menu of fdisk editor in 4.3R does not list 'W'rite
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 20:34:20 +0200

 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. ;-)

From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Cc: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>, wilko@FreeBSD.ORG,
	FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/29119: menu of fdisk editor in 4.3R does not list 'W'rite
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 21:35:46 +0200

 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 
State-Changed-By: linimon 
State-Changed-When: Sat Jan 26 00:35:03 UTC 2008 
State-Changed-Why:  
Wilko, is this PR OBE? 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->linimon 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Jan 26 00:35:03 UTC 2008 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
track. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=29119 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: vwe 
State-Changed-When: Sun May 11 14:58:55 UTC 2008 
State-Changed-Why:  

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. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=29119 
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