Summary of Problem Reports for Category "install"

Automatically generated on 17 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT

Severity
Prioritycriticalseriousnon-critical
high6114
medium43024
low 428

Installation bugs sorted by Priority, and Severity.


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Priority: high

Severity: critical

install/32406
[open sw-bug] installing netbsd on laptop with auixp driver read_codec time out
install/38752
[open sw-bug] 4.99.63 corrupts superblock
install/39374
[open sw-bug] The postdrop process sometimes stops the boot process, preventing local and remote logins
install/39510
[open sw-bug] NetBSD/amd64 won't install on MacBook (GPT)
install/41570
[open support] HP Pavilion a430n hangs at "ubub2 at usb2: vendor 0x10de EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1" using NetBSD 5.0 CD
install/46027
[open sw-bug] First stage bootloader (bootxx_ffsv2) on i386 broken for Soekris net4801

Severity: serious

install/10277
[open change-request] i386 floppies have slip but not ppp support
install/18366
[open sw-bug] Installing 1.6 messes with things in /var
install/28675
[open sw-bug] installation doesn't notice read errors
install/34626
[open sw-bug] Cannot set Belgian keymap
install/36559
[open sw-bug] sysinst does not allow selection of SCSI disk to upgrade if IDE disk is available
install/38294
[open change-request] sysinst upgrade installation may be improved
install/38571
[open sw-bug] sysinst runs "postinstall fix"
install/45798
[open support] sysinst upgrade needs to handle X in /usr/X11R7 as well as /usr/X11R6
install/46257
[open sw-bug] sysinst complains about missing libkrb5 when setting password
install/46258
[open sw-bug] sysinst doesn't work with wedges/gpt
install/46287
[open support] Sysinst halts at root: when booting ISO from PATA DVD drive

Severity: non-critical

install/25238
[open sw-bug] 2.0_BETA sysinst does not show any timezones in utility menu
install/40463
[open sw-bug] sysinst doesn't persist boot flags to /boot.cfg
install/45972
[open sw-bug] sysinst source sets menu seems confusing
install/45990
[analyzed change-request] sysinst uses traditional 63 sector MBR offset

Priority: medium

Severity: critical

install/34794
[open sw-bug] Postinstall wrongly flags several libraries as obsolete
install/37041
[open support] NetBSD LiveCD fully works but Installer CD fails to boot on Compaq V3240AU
install/41122
[open sw-bug] Cannot install netbsd form the sgimips iso-image
install/43065
[open sw-bug] 5.0.2 Installation CD doesn't work on IBM380XD - exec /sbin/init: error 2

Severity: serious

install/12769
[feedback doc-bug] clarify the upgrade notes for when the sets are on /usr
install/16093
[open sw-bug] If installing from the wi0 device the installer does not offer way to set the encryption (nwkey)
install/16131
[feedback doc-bug] INSTALL.html doesn't give a path name for one-fs local install
install/18633
[feedback sw-bug] sysinst corner case builds bad system
install/24337
[open change-request] problems installing nbsd-current from a CD: /sbin/newfs_lfs is absent
install/26078
[open sw-bug] upgrade on RAID still isn't correct in certain typical cases
install/26202
[open sw-bug] miniroot installer can't partition or newfs a drive
install/26203
[open sw-bug] sysint doesn't check to see if thier is enough free space
install/28841
[open sw-bug] sysinst code dumps on invalid extended partition (mbr)
install/30896
[open sw-bug] Incorrect serial configuration after installation
install/33683
[open sw-bug] upgrade does not create proper dynamic library symlinks.
install/34163
[open sw-bug] installboot uses ffs_findstage2 for all FS types on RAID.
install/35202
[open sw-bug] partition menu breaks
install/36552
[open sw-bug] sysinst attempts to create a partition which ends beyond the end of disk
install/37416
[open sw-bug] sysinst continuously beeps if I press ESC
install/37940
[suspended sw-bug] build targe iso-image broken
install/39329
[open sw-bug] Intel S3000AH server motherboard with on-board LSI controller not supported by mfi
install/40500
[open sw-bug] sysinst complains/warns that it cannot open cd9660.kmod
install/41548
[open sw-bug] It does not use selected keyboard layout after install.
install/42046
[feedback support] SATA - ATA problem
install/43012
[feedback sw-bug] sysinst doesn't detect correct cd/dvd drive
install/43313
[open sw-bug] /etc/rc.d/mountall should REQUIRE mdnsd
install/43361
[open sw-bug] no IPv6 network installation on some boot media
install/43696
[open sw-bug] 5.1_RC3 Install on large disks fails
install/44569
[open sw-bug] sysinst doesn't understand dkwedges
install/44616
[open sw-bug] Signed int overflow in the installer when 2TB drive is being partitioned (can be worse soon)
install/44774
[open sw-bug] Install CD not working properly on system with raid as /
install/44982
[open sw-bug] gpr partition on raid on gpr not bootable
install/45335
[open sw-bug] postinstall: obsolete libs: use distribution sets
install/45488
[open sw-bug] install of 5.1.0_PATCH fails

Severity: non-critical

install/9900
[open change-request] sysinst only uses 1 drive
install/9904
[open change-request] sysinst sometimes doesn't store network config
install/12020
[open sw-bug] Sysinst refuses upgrade unnecessarily (overzealous fscking)
install/13532
[open sw-bug] the HTML generated for INSTALL.html is atrocious
install/13533
[open change-request] there should be a PDF version of the INSTALL notes
install/17801
[open sw-bug] sysinst doesn't correctly handle changing mount points or conflicting mount points
install/20261
[open change-request] sysinst assumes only a single installation per drive
install/23728
[open change-request] sysinst text vague on disklabel interaction
install/24004
[open sw-bug] epsv4 default option prevents ftp from downloading files during the installation
install/34676
[open change-request] sysinst can't step back
install/35066
[feedback change-request] sysinst should save media options in an ifconfig.if(5) file
install/36890
[open sw-bug] Bootselector default specified in sysinst doesn't work
install/37012
[open doc-bug] The online instructions for setting up RAIDframe aren't as clear as would be good
install/39697
[open change-request] no raidframe support in sysinst
install/39736
[open change-request] installboot sometimes ignores stage2 file
install/43297
[feedback change-request] [dM] 4.0.1 INSTALL kernel font size is problematic
install/44264
[open sw-bug] sysinstall creates a NetBSD slice that extends past NetBSD partition
install/44744
[open sw-bug] QEMU network and install
install/45804
[open sw-bug] Not install mans with MKMANZ=yes & MLINKS
install/45816
[feedback sw-bug] Screen corruption in German sysinst install
install/46042
[open sw-bug] A newline fails in sysinst msg_display()
install/46044
[open sw-bug] Misleading "WARNING: couldn't open //ffs/ffs.kmod"
install/46060
[pending-pullups sw-bug] Spelling error on Installer
install/46222
[open sw-bug] NetBSD 6.0 Beta Installer - errors and request for improvements

Priority: low

Severity: serious

install/13746
[open change-request] sysinst does not allow remote upgrades
install/38465
[open sw-bug] Manual hard drive geometry data entry difficulties
install/43298
[open sw-bug] [dM] 4.0.1 installer: partition overlap is a fatal error
install/43933
[open doc-bug] NetBSD-5.1_RC4 i386 isn't very helpful when it comes to pxe installs

Severity: non-critical

install/4195
[analyzed change-request] install/upgrade disks do not include ccd support
install/9582
[open change-request] sysinst doesn't allow source or pkgsrc installation
install/14720
[open sw-bug] distrib/notes: two-column macros don't work
install/15461
[open change-request] /var/spool/lock has inconvenient permissions
install/17348
[open change-request] sysinst should set network defaults if netbooting
install/17593
[open change-request] suggestions to improve sysinst wrt disk handling
install/17792
[open change-request] Install process order - network verses disk
install/20041
[open sw-bug] sysinst->upgrade says it has done things that it hasn't (and shouldn't)
install/21257
[open change-request] Provide syssrc.tgz with the base distribution
install/22070
[open change-request] postinstall doesn't check for /etc/services
install/24675
[open sw-bug] Sysinstall: swap not configured when sets unpacked
install/28842
[open sw-bug] sysinst left hand doesn't know what its right hand is doing
install/30475
[open sw-bug] delete and backspace don't work in miniroot sysinst (sparc64)
install/31099
[open sw-bug] postinstall denies to remove obsolete directory
install/34649
[open change-request] Danish translation of msg.mbr.da and msg.mi.da for sysinst
install/35538
[feedback sw-bug] sysinst duplicates hostname on upgrade
install/37209
[open sw-bug] missed files in postinstal
install/37645
[open sw-bug] difficult to create extended partition correctly with sysinst
install/38943
[analyzed sw-bug] i386 floppy installation now prompts for each floppy twice
install/39352
[open change-request] sysinst enhancement suggestion: file browser
install/40464
[open change-request] right terminal not selected after install
install/43700
[open sw-bug] NetBSD-5.1_RC3 install, suggestion to mark a partition as active fails
install/44226
[open sw-bug] Vax bootloader doesn't support FFSv2
install/44925
[open change-request] base install doesn't come with a few things that'd be really really useful
install/45611
[open sw-bug] [dM] build.sh suggests nonworking postinstall usage
install/45976
[open doc-bug] incomplete sysinst msg translations
install/46082
[open change-request] Partition editor should be aware of firmware limits
install/46298
[open sw-bug] SWAP space pushing past disk geometry during system installation

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