[OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster 2020.10 text installer FAIL #3

[Judah Richardson]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 11:45 AM Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss <
openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:

> FWIW  I created a series of slices using "format -e" with an EFI label.
> No issues encountered, nor did I encounter any issues with creating pools
> on them as can be seen from the console output.
>
> However, when I run the text installer on the Desktop LiveImage I am not
> able to select anything except the entire disk.  I read the F6_help and
> tested all the options allowed.  With an EFI label I *must* use the entire
> disk.
>
> People who write installers should not presume they are the smartest
> person in the room, much less the planet.  There are people who know what
> they are doing and are doing things you haven't thought of successfully.
>
I'd say from my personal experience that OI is already sufficiently
expert-oriented.

>
> Reg
>
> root at openindiana:~# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c4d0
> * /dev/rdsk/c4d0 partition map
> *
> * Dimensions:
> *         512 bytes/sector
> *  9767374848 sectors
> *  9767541095 accessible sectors
> *
> * Flags:
> *   1: unmountable
> *  10: read-only
> *
> *                            First       Sector      Last
> * Partition  Tag  Flags      Sector       Count      Sector  Mount
> Directory
>        0      4    00           40     4194304     4194343
>        1      4    00      4194344  2147483648  2151677991
>        2      4    00   2151677992   209715200  2361393191
>        3      4    00   2361393192  2147483648  4508876839
>        4      4    00   4508876840   209715200  4718592039
>        5      4    00   4718592040  2147483648  6866075687
>        6      4    00   6866075688  2901465447  9767541134
> root at openindiana:~# sh tst1
> NAME   PROPERTY  VALUE  SOURCE
> apool  free      1.87G  -
> NAME   PROPERTY  VALUE  SOURCE
> bpool  free      1016G  -
> NAME   PROPERTY  VALUE  SOURCE
> cpool  free      99.5G  -
> NAME   PROPERTY  VALUE  SOURCE
> dpool  free      1016G  -
> NAME   PROPERTY  VALUE  SOURCE
> epool  free      99.5G  -
> NAME   PROPERTY  VALUE  SOURCE
> fpool  free      1016G  -
> NAME   PROPERTY  VALUE  SOURCE
> gpool  free      1.34T  -
> root at openindiana:~#
>
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