misc/174473: bsdinstall cannot handle some or all partitions other than /

[Oleg Pudeyev]

>Number:         174473
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       bsdinstall cannot handle some or all partitions other than /
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Dec 16 08:50:00 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Oleg Pudeyev
>Release:        9.1-release
>Organization:
>Environment:
Not installed yet
>Description:
Trying to install freebsd 9.1.

I have a rather standard partition layout comprising of:

/
/usr
/var
/tmp
/home

bsdinstall chokes somewhere between having / only and the above set.

This is the error I get if I specify the above partitions:

Extract Error

Error while extracting base.txz: Can't
set user=0/group=0 for var/emptyCan't
update time for var/empty

OK

Requesting / only does not produce it. I thought it was due to /var but omitting /var and leaving /, /usr, /tmp and /home produced the same error. Then I only left / and /usr and it still died with the same error, Is the only configuration supported a single partition?
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install 9.1 and specify the following set of partitions:

/
/usr

>Fix:


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