misc/161950: FreeBSD 9 installer enters infinite input loop

[Richard Yao]

>Number:         161950
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       FreeBSD 9 installer enters infinite input loop
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 24 01:10:00 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Richard Yao
>Release:        FreeBSD9-RC1
>Organization:
State University of New York at Stony Brook
>Environment:
FreeBSD freebsd9 9.0-RC1 FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 #0 Tue Oct 18 18:51:43 UTC 2011 root at farrell.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
I ran the FreeBSD9-RC1 installer on a KVM virtual machine with virtio network and storage devices. Since FreeBSD9-RC1 did not support those, it didn't see either of them. The installer entered an infinite input loop upon selection of guided mode, where it stated "An installation step has been aborted." with some information on my options. This lead to the installer restarting itself from the beginning, with the same result when it came time to partition the disk.

I reconfigured the VM to use a SCSI device, which broke the first infinite input loop and then ran into a similar loop when it came time to configure the network interfaces, where I kept being asked if I wanted to configure IPv4.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install FreeBSD9-RC1 on a system that has no disk or network interface card.
>Fix:
Check to see if a disk or network interface card exists and inform the user so that he does not enter an infinite input loop.

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