bin/53839: sysinstall disklabel editor fails on post-install config

[Brian Candler]

>Number:         53839
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sysinstall disklabel editor fails on post-install config
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jun 27 06:30:13 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Brian Candler
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE i386
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>Description:

On an existing system, attempting to use /stand/sysinstall to configure a
second IDE drive errors out with

"MakeDev: Unknown major/minor for devtype -"

(a pain for me as I could never understand the documentation for the
command-line disklabel editor :-)

	
>How-To-Repeat:

Add second IDE drive (/dev/ad2)

/stand/sysinstall
  [C]onfigure
  [F]disk
  select ad2
  [C]reate slice
     select default size
     select default partition type (165)
  [W]rite, select Yes I'm sure
  [Q]uit
  [S]tandard MBR

That bit works. Now:

  [L]abel
  [C]reate
     accept default size
     [F]S
     choose a mount point, e.g. /v
  [W]rite, select Yes I'm sure

produces the following error:

Doing newfs -b 16384 -f 2048  ...
MakeDev: Unknown major/minor for devtype -
  


	
>Fix:

	


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