Summary of Problem Reports Assigned to "install-manager"

Automatically generated on 5 Oct 2024 19:00:00 GMT

	Severity
Category	critical	serious	non-critical	Description
install	21	102	81	Installation bugs

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Category: install

Severity: critical

install/32406: [open high priority sw-bug] installing netbsd on laptop with auixp driver read_codec time out
install/38752: [dead high priority sw-bug] 4.99.63 corrupts superblock
install/39374: [open high priority sw-bug] The postdrop process sometimes stops the boot process, preventing local and remote logins
install/41570: [open high priority 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/47592: [open high priority support] installation failure - partial boot - piixide0: 0: 0; lost interrupt
install/48557: [open high priority sw-bug] 6.1.3 installed just perfect. When I rebooted, the kbd didn't work, could not log in.
install/48860: [open high priority sw-bug] Installation i386 on Sony VGN-P11Z: no root device / boot device: unknown
install/50463: [open high priority support] Sysinst problem
install/55498: [open high priority sw-bug] HP Compaq NC6120 hard reset shortly after mountroot, even in single user mode in NetBSD 9.0 or above
install/57465: [open high priority sw-bug] NetBSD 10 beta doesn't boot after installed either using efi or legacy.
install/57840: [open high priority sw-bug] None of the NetBSD 10 RC2 images or isos works on my Intel i7-3770 Dell Optiplex 7010
install/34794: [open medium priority sw-bug] Postinstall wrongly flags several libraries as obsolete
install/37041: [open medium priority support] NetBSD LiveCD fully works but Installer CD fails to boot on Compaq V3240AU
install/41122: [open medium priority sw-bug] Cannot install netbsd form the sgimips iso-image
install/43065: [open medium priority sw-bug] 5.0.2 Installation CD doesn't work on IBM380XD - exec /sbin/init: error 2
install/51517: [open medium priority sw-bug] Automated installer requires root, which I don't know. Seems to debug in assembly.
install/51716: [open medium priority sw-bug] Can't install NetBSD 7.0 from USB stick on recent Apple machines
install/51948: [open medium priority sw-bug] Troubles with 7.1 RC1 on Sun Blade 2500
install/57774: [open medium priority sw-bug] Old Nvidia card with Nouveau causes kernel panic on boot
install/47513: [open low priority support] HP DC5850 can't install - can't write MBR
install/58628: [open low priority support] no hard disk drive detected on 486

Severity: serious

install/18366: [open high priority sw-bug] Installing 1.6 messes with things in /var
install/28675: [open high priority sw-bug] installation doesn't notice read errors
install/34626: [open high priority sw-bug] Cannot set Belgian keymap
install/36559: [open high priority sw-bug] sysinst does not allow selection of SCSI disk to upgrade if IDE disk is available
install/38294: [open high priority change-request] sysinst upgrade installation may be improved
install/38571: [open high priority sw-bug] sysinst runs "postinstall fix"
install/46257: [open high priority sw-bug] sysinst complains about missing libkrb5 when setting password
install/46287: [open high priority support] Sysinst halts at root: when booting ISO from PATA DVD drive
install/48326: [open high priority sw-bug] NetBSD install process is confusing for a new user.
install/49239: [open high priority sw-bug] pchb probe crashes installer on Dell FX160 (Atom/SiS)
install/50211: [open high priority sw-bug] bootblocks to large
install/51488: [open high priority sw-bug] Unable to install netbsd 7.1 on lenovo g51 with amd A8 APU
install/53510: [open high priority support] Can't install ISO on USB nor on DVD
install/55440: [open high priority change-request] sysinst(8) does not support invoking wpa_supplicant(8) when configuring network on a wireless interface
install/56185: [open high priority sw-bug] Kernel notifications break installation
install/56449: [open high priority doc-bug] Diskless instructions suggest an fstab without ptsfs, procfs, etc...
install/56919: [open high priority sw-bug] sysinst install in aarch64 fails -- chokes on .xz-compressed archives
install/58203: [open high priority sw-bug] Default amd64 install runs out of space on 8GB disk
install/58507: [open high priority sw-bug] Weird installer issue in VM
install/12769: [open medium priority doc-bug] clarify the upgrade notes for when the sets are on /usr
install/16093: [open medium priority sw-bug] If installing from the wi0 device the installer does not offer way to set the encryption (nwkey)
install/16131: [open medium priority doc-bug] INSTALL.html doesn't give a path name for one-fs local install
install/18633: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst corner case builds bad system
install/26078: [open medium priority sw-bug] upgrade on RAID still isn't correct in certain typical cases
install/26202: [open medium priority sw-bug] miniroot installer can't partition or newfs a drive
install/26203: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysint doesn't check to see if thier is enough free space
install/28841: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst code dumps on invalid extended partition (mbr)
install/30896: [open medium priority sw-bug] Incorrect serial configuration after installation
install/33683: [open medium priority sw-bug] upgrade does not create proper dynamic library symlinks.
install/34163: [open medium priority sw-bug] installboot uses ffs_findstage2 for all FS types on RAID.
install/36552: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst attempts to create a partition which ends beyond the end of disk
install/37416: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst continuously beeps if I press ESC
install/37940: [suspended medium priority sw-bug] build targe iso-image broken
install/39329: [open medium priority sw-bug] Intel S3000AH server motherboard with on-board LSI controller not supported by mfi
install/41548: [open medium priority sw-bug] It does not use selected keyboard layout after install.
install/42046: [dead medium priority support] SATA - ATA problem
install/44774: [open medium priority sw-bug] Install CD not working properly on system with raid as /
install/45335: [open medium priority sw-bug] postinstall: obsolete libs: use distribution sets
install/46482: [open medium priority sw-bug] wrong directory to pkgsrc tarball in sysinst
install/46483: [open medium priority sw-bug] need targetroot/etc/resolv.conf for pkgin install
install/47671: [open medium priority doc-bug] How do I manually add an extra MBR style disk?
install/49651: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst keyboard mapping not for usb kbd
install/50554: [open medium priority sw-bug] panic on install with qemu 2.4.0 (amd64 install)
install/51197: [open medium priority sw-bug] Keyboard issues within Hyper-V
install/52379: [open medium priority sw-bug] Norwegian keyboard is missing a character.
install/52399: [open medium priority support] NetBSD install USB does not boot
install/52782: [open medium priority sw-bug] Install failed on Threadripper 1950x on x399 taichi 2x16GB DDR4 2133
install/53475: [open medium priority sw-bug] Installing from NetBSD-8.0-amd64-install.img fails, system hangs at login prompt
install/54788: [open medium priority sw-bug] Installation of system breaks on bootcode setting
install/54863: [open medium priority sw-bug] Editing disklabel partitions in utility menu of sysinst goes to panic
install/54865: [open medium priority sw-bug] Editor NetBSD partitions in utility menu of sysinst ignores size of swap partition
install/54870: [open medium priority sw-bug] Incorrect size of USB stick calculated by sysinst
install/54871: [open medium priority sw-bug] No oportunity to edit MBR partitions table for USB stick on system installation
install/54996: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst on arm messes up partitioning install disk (NetBSD 9 and later)
install/55105: [open medium priority support] Apple iMac 2009 installation hangs
install/55375: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst sets swap partition size 0 bytes on <800MB disk
install/55376: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst doesn't show 0 byte swap partition on partition editor
install/55380: [open medium priority change-request] sysinst/Makefile.inc has confusing MBR and GPT defaults
install/55929: [open medium priority sw-bug] ``build.sh install-image'' doesn't work with KERNEL_DIR=yes
install/56017: [open medium priority sw-bug] newfs_msdos not found
install/56228: [open medium priority sw-bug] extended partitioning segfaults when saving changes
install/56394: [open medium priority sw-bug] 'build release' fails to include ld.elf_so in base.tar.xz
install/56458: [open medium priority sw-bug] pkg_add leaves files installed when POST-INSTALL fails
install/56671: [open medium priority sw-bug] installl iso contains the directory .rr_moved
install/56953: [open medium priority doc-bug] install notes are slightly outdated
install/57071: [open medium priority sw-bug] NetBSD installer doesn't handle 1024x768 properly
install/57089: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst cannot connect to host
install/57132: [needs-pullups medium priority sw-bug] sysinst doesn't handle pm->pstart properly
install/57244: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst ignores manually-supplied DNS server address
install/57334: [open medium priority doc-bug] anoncvs via SSH needs: RequiredRSASize 1024
install/57473: [open medium priority sw-bug] 9.3-RELEASE/amd64 base - mtree checksum mismatch usr/lib/i386/libkadm5srv.so.15.0
install/57474: [open medium priority sw-bug] nouveau panic with GeForce 6200LE on amd64
install/57542: [open medium priority sw-bug] NetBSD shuts down during installation on Intel Atom Baytrail Notebook with 32-bit EFI
install/57700: [open medium priority sw-bug] postinstall wrecks MAKEDEV on /dev ramdisk
install/57722: [open medium priority sw-bug] NetBSD/macppc 10 RC1 installer fails with "screen too narrow" errors
install/57750: [open medium priority sw-bug] NetBSD 10.0-RC1 installer
install/57782: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst doesn't quote paths properly in shell commands
install/57826: [open medium priority sw-bug] NetBSD-10.0_RC2-i386-install.img installer keyboard does not work
install/57942: [open medium priority sw-bug] Unable to boot installer image on tablet pc
install/57987: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst refuses to upgrade the booted root partition
install/57988: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst partition editor has off-by-one errors
install/57989: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst parses `route -n show' output and sometimes feeds back input route(8) doesn't like
install/57990: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst confusingly suggests user name and password for http set download
install/57991: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst http/ftp download Host isn't clear about IPv6 address syntax
install/58076: [open medium priority sw-bug] x86 live images don't support creds_msdos(8) and have confusing taxonomy
install/58123: [open medium priority sw-bug] Installer cannot change the partition mount point
install/58176: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst doesn't escape spaces in /etc/fstab
install/58204: [open medium priority sw-bug] Problem preparing evbppc disk on i386 (mount -o log)
install/58205: [open medium priority sw-bug] NetBSD-10 sysinst creates non bootable MBR install
install/58219: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst should check if IPv6 is available and set ip6addrctl_policy=ipv4_prefer if no
install/58233: [open medium priority sw-bug] Install hangs after request a normal NetBSD install via 1.
install/58244: [open medium priority sw-bug] NetBSD 9.0 images - 404 Not Found
install/58279: [open medium priority sw-bug] efiboot hangs on non GOP machines
install/58288: [open medium priority sw-bug] 10.0 (final) sysinst terminated after "Window too short..." message on a EFI netbook EeePC
install/58357: [open medium priority doc-bug] The new DVD install images are not documented
install/58363: [open medium priority sw-bug] Moving files from one set to another breaks future obsoletion
install/58405: [open medium priority sw-bug] Selecting Polish keyboard type in sysinst is useless
install/58650: [open medium priority support] unable to install v10.0 - kernel does not boot, sysinst does not start
install/13746: [open low priority change-request] sysinst does not allow remote upgrades
install/38465: [open low priority sw-bug] Manual hard drive geometry data entry difficulties
install/43933: [open low priority doc-bug] NetBSD-5.1_RC4 i386 isn't very helpful when it comes to pxe installs
install/52092: [open low priority sw-bug] i386 image not recognised as bootable media by EFI environment on legacy Mac

Severity: non-critical

install/25238: [open high priority sw-bug] 2.0_BETA sysinst does not show any timezones in utility menu
install/40463: [open high priority sw-bug] sysinst doesn't persist boot flags to /boot.cfg
install/45972: [open high priority sw-bug] sysinst source sets menu seems confusing
install/47774: [open high priority sw-bug] sysinst(8) should handle ptyfs itself
install/9900: [open medium priority change-request] sysinst only uses 1 drive
install/9904: [open medium priority change-request] sysinst sometimes doesn't store network config
install/13532: [open medium priority sw-bug] the HTML generated for INSTALL.html is atrocious
install/13533: [open medium priority change-request] there should be a PDF version of the INSTALL notes
install/17801: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst doesn't correctly handle changing mount points or conflicting mount points
install/20261: [open medium priority change-request] sysinst assumes only a single installation per drive
install/23728: [open medium priority change-request] sysinst text vague on disklabel interaction
install/24004: [open medium priority sw-bug] epsv4 default option prevents ftp from downloading files during the installation
install/34676: [open medium priority change-request] sysinst can't step back
install/36890: [open medium priority sw-bug] Bootselector default specified in sysinst doesn't work
install/37012: [feedback medium priority doc-bug] The online instructions for setting up RAIDframe aren't as clear as would be good
install/39697: [open medium priority change-request] no raidframe support in sysinst
install/39736: [open medium priority change-request] installboot sometimes ignores stage2 file
install/44264: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinstall creates a NetBSD slice that extends past NetBSD partition
install/44744: [open medium priority sw-bug] QEMU network and install
install/45804: [open medium priority sw-bug] Not install mans with MKMANZ=yes & MLINKS
install/46222: [open medium priority sw-bug] NetBSD 6.0 Beta Installer - errors and request for improvements
install/46628: [open medium priority sw-bug] Source sets missing on CD lead to install error
install/46741: [open medium priority sw-bug] Network Configuration for default gateway cannot be changed
install/46905: [open medium priority sw-bug] Download path for 6.0 RC1 likely to confuse
install/47599: [open medium priority sw-bug] Cannot boot NetBSD after reinstall
install/47812: [open medium priority change-request] sysinst source sets fetch should be moved to post-inst config menu
install/48365: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinst installs /usr/pkgsrc with invalid ownership and group
install/49579: [open medium priority sw-bug] postinstall doesn't detect/fix ksyms major device number change
install/51374: [open medium priority sw-bug] sysinstall leaves serial console in non-scrolling state
install/52394: [open medium priority sw-bug] eval: cannot open /usr/src/etc/motd: no such file
install/53300: [open medium priority sw-bug] Laptop with external monitor attach, external monitor screen resolution used on laptop screen for fb bootup console output
install/54010: [open medium priority support] NetBSD didn't boot after installation
install/54844: [open medium priority sw-bug] ``build.sh install-image'' fails with -V USE_PIGZGZIP=yes
install/54867: [open medium priority change-request] Change description of partition in sysinst
install/55413: [open medium priority doc-bug] Typos etc. in (amd64) INSTALL files for NetBSD 9.0
install/56061: [open medium priority sw-bug] crash on first boot of live usbdisk
install/56255: [open medium priority sw-bug] Release set syssrc does not exist
install/57008: [open medium priority sw-bug] /usr/src/distrib/sets/lists/base/shl.mi ld.elf_so mis-tagged
install/57026: [needs-pullups medium priority sw-bug] Sysinst "Configure network" connects to random open WiFi when connecting to the desired network fails
install/57235: [open medium priority sw-bug] Unable to install pkgin during system installation
install/57335: [open medium priority doc-bug] how to, old school, add a disk
install/57593: [open medium priority change-request] xz should be a rescue tool at least where USE_XZ_SETS is set
install/57864: [open medium priority support] Install first tries to load from cdn.netbsd.org using ipv6
install/58343: [open medium priority sw-bug] Root directory record in the Primary volume descriptor of NetBSD iso images uses non-standard/broken datetime format
install/58429: [open medium priority change-request] armbsd.org does not include a LeMaker Banana Pro image
install/58658: [open medium priority change-request] armbsd.org does not include a LeMaker Banana Pro image
install/15461: [open low priority change-request] /var/spool/lock has inconvenient permissions
install/17348: [open low priority change-request] sysinst should set network defaults if netbooting
install/17593: [open low priority change-request] suggestions to improve sysinst wrt disk handling
install/17792: [open low priority change-request] Install process order - network verses disk
install/20041: [open low priority sw-bug] sysinst->upgrade says it has done things that it hasn't (and shouldn't)
install/21257: [open low priority change-request] Provide syssrc.tgz with the base distribution
install/22070: [open low priority change-request] postinstall doesn't check for /etc/services
install/24675: [open low priority sw-bug] Sysinstall: swap not configured when sets unpacked
install/28842: [open low priority sw-bug] sysinst left hand doesn't know what its right hand is doing
install/31099: [open low priority sw-bug] postinstall denies to remove obsolete directory
install/34649: [open low priority change-request] Danish translation of msg.mbr.da and msg.mi.da for sysinst
install/37209: [open low priority sw-bug] missed files in postinstal
install/37645: [open low priority sw-bug] difficult to create extended partition correctly with sysinst
install/38943: [analyzed low priority sw-bug] i386 floppy installation now prompts for each floppy twice
install/39352: [open low priority change-request] sysinst enhancement suggestion: file browser
install/40464: [open low priority change-request] right terminal not selected after install
install/44226: [open low priority sw-bug] Vax bootloader doesn't support FFSv2
install/44925: [open low priority change-request] base install doesn't come with a few things that'd be really really useful
install/46082: [open low priority change-request] Partition editor should be aware of firmware limits
install/46298: [open low priority sw-bug] SWAP space pushing past disk geometry during system installation
install/46646: [open low priority sw-bug] sysinst should configure fetch-pkg-vulnerabilities automatically if you choose to install pkgsrc
install/46753: [open low priority doc-bug] INSTALL documents should mention how to use USB images
install/47756: [open low priority sw-bug] Not enough inodes to extract the pkgsrc tree with sysinst
install/48348: [open low priority sw-bug] Post-install config menu item "Enable installation of binary packages" works incorrectly
install/50329: [open low priority sw-bug] Wrong default server path in sysinst for FTP install
install/51683: [open low priority sw-bug] sysinst incorrectly puts the domain name on the hostname in /etc/rc.conf
install/52349: [open low priority sw-bug] postinstall missing a few files
install/53873: [open low priority sw-bug] Incorrect translation of installation messages in the Polish version and no display of disk parameters
install/53874: [open low priority sw-bug] Incorrect translation of installation messages in the Polish version
install/53876: [open low priority sw-bug] Incorrect translation of installation messages in the Polish version
install/53877: [open low priority sw-bug] Incorrect translation of installation messages in the Polish version
install/55357: [open low priority change-request] Install medium should warn when installing on pendrive that NetBSD install img has booted from
install/55700: [open low priority sw-bug] postinstall doesn't work correctly with BSD grep(1)
install/58080: [open low priority doc-bug] i386 floppy count in INSTALL is wrong
install/58183: [open low priority sw-bug] sysinst rejects MBR partitions before sector 64

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