https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=280049
Bug ID: 280049
Summary: Interface errors in the Partition Editor of the
Installer wizard
Product: Base System
Version: 14.1-STABLE
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Many People
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
The [Partition editor] window in the Installer wizard of FreeBSD 14.1
has several usability errors. Since they all occur on the same component,
I consider it permissible to report them all in this issue:
1. The partition sizes displayed in both the [Partition Editor] and
[Edit Partition] windows alwasy show the values with which the
partition was added, never reflecting changes made via [Modify],
although those changes do take effect. The size calculation to check
whether a new partition may be added are also based on these wrong
and frozen values.
2. The hint for the [Size:] field in the [Edit Partition] window says to
use K, M, and G for kilo-, mega- and gigabytes, whereas the wizard
itself specifies GB for gigabytes and MB for megabytes. This is a
self-contradiction. Please, select a single unit-nameing scheme and
stick to it throughout the installer in order to save confusiton.
3. This hing for the [Mountpoint] in the [Edit Partition] window says to
leave it blank for swap, whereas the guided setup, automatially
creates a swap partion has `none' in that field, rather than an empty
string. This is an internal contradiction.
4. While creating a freebsd-ufs partition on the [Add Partition]
windows, if the user enters [UFS Options] and unchecks both
Softupdates and Softupdates journalling and presses [OK], these
changes do seem to be applied: if the user returns to [UFS Options],
both checkboxes are back on.
These are rather annoying bugs affecting /all/ FreeBSD users who install
the OS via the text-mode UI wizard.
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