Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. Thank you, so this should work and if it doesn't work, I can't install FreeBSD? Anything else I can try? I'm downloading PC-BSD 8.2 x64, assumed partitioning should work, will it be possible to update to FreeBSD 9.x or do they differ, similar as different Linux distros can differ? Regards, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. Thank you, so this should work and if it doesn't work, I can't install FreeBSD? I tried a few experiments just now, and it still looks to me like the EBR is the problem. Unfortunately, I don't know how to work around it. Certainly it should be possible to do this. It's a matter of getting the partitioning tools to do it. Anything else I can try? Share sda10 with FreeBSD swap. Then use slice 1 for one bare FreeBSD filesystem with no subpartitioning at all. # gpart modify -i1 -t freebsd-ufs da0 It will require some work with the installer. Probably you'll have to newfs and mount it as mentioned before. After FreeBSD boots, figure out which is the swap partition and add that to /etc/fstab. spinymouse@q:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000f2fc6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 12127468460637311 a5 FreeBSD /dev/sda2 * 121274746 625137344 251931299+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 121274748 183751469312383617 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 183751533 24642103431334751 83 Linux /dev/sda7 246421098 30928337931431141 83 Linux /dev/sda8 309283443 36196761526342086+ 83 Linux /dev/sda9 361969664 43561779136824064 83 Linux /dev/sda10 435618603 440164934 2273166 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda11 440164998 56187337460854188+ 83 Linux /dev/sda12 561873438 569215079 3670821 83 Linux /dev/sda13 569215143 61551440923149633+ 83 Linux /dev/sda14 615514473 625137344 4811436 83 Linux ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. Thank you, so this should work and if it doesn't work, I can't install FreeBSD? Anything else I can try? I'm downloading PC-BSD 8.2 x64, assumed partitioning should work, will it be possible to update to FreeBSD 9.x or do they differ, similar as different Linux distros can differ? PC-BSD is FreeBSD, and there is a 9.x version. I don't know what it uses for partitioning code, but if you value your data, back up first. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 09:25 -0700, Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. Thank you, so this should work and if it doesn't work, I can't install FreeBSD? Anything else I can try? I'm downloading PC-BSD 8.2 x64, assumed partitioning should work, will it be possible to update to FreeBSD 9.x or do they differ, similar as different Linux distros can differ? PC-BSD is FreeBSD, and there is a 9.x version. I don't know what it uses for partitioning code, but if you value your data, back up first. I chose 8.2, to get another version for partitioning. However, I'll also test your recommendation from your previous mail. # gpart modify -i1 -t freebsd-ufs da0 And I'll avoid to use the cursor keys next time, to get a better log file. Thank you for your help, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
All instructions failed. Is there a way to mount a linux partition or USB-stick and to redirect the output of the gpart commands to a log file? In linux after mounting a partition or usb-stick I would do it like that: spinymouse@q:~$ echo $ ls -l logfile spinymouse@q:~$ ls -l logfile spinymouse@q:~$ cat logfile $ ls -l total 2644 -rw-rwxr-- 1 test_user_q spinymouse2614 Nov 24 03:43 bak_q_arch-mail drwxr-xr-x 2 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Oct 13 22:47 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 2 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Nov 1 18:19 Documents drwxr-xr-x 2 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Nov 24 15:56 Downloads -rw-rw-r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 53724 Nov 24 14:39 freebsd_logo1.png -rw-rw-r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 127098 Nov 24 14:39 freebsd_logo1.xcf -rw-r--r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 2492653 Nov 12 09:54 hdsp.1.mix -rw-rw-r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 8 Nov 27 15:57 logfile drwx-- 7 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Nov 15 18:50 Spinymouse So how can I mount e.g. an USB stick? And could I then run something similar to # echo gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # echo gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # echo gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 /path/to/usbstick/logfile etc.? I would like to post the output to the list. TIA Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 16:13 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
All instructions failed. Is there a way to mount a linux partition or
USB-stick and to redirect the output of the gpart commands to a log
file?
In linux after mounting a partition or usb-stick I would do it like
that:
spinymouse@q:~$ echo $ ls -l logfile
spinymouse@q:~$ ls -l logfile
spinymouse@q:~$ cat logfile
$ ls -l
total 2644
-rw-rwxr-- 1 test_user_q spinymouse2614 Nov 24 03:43 bak_q_arch-mail
drwxr-xr-x 2 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Oct 13 22:47 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Nov 1 18:19 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Nov 24 15:56 Downloads
-rw-rw-r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 53724 Nov 24 14:39 freebsd_logo1.png
-rw-rw-r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 127098 Nov 24 14:39 freebsd_logo1.xcf
-rw-r--r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 2492653 Nov 12 09:54 hdsp.1.mix
-rw-rw-r-- 1 spinymouse spinymouse 8 Nov 27 15:57 logfile
drwx-- 7 spinymouse spinymouse4096 Nov 15 18:50 Spinymouse
So how can I mount e.g. an USB stick?
And could I then run something similar to
# echo gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile
# gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile
# echo gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 /path/to/usbstick/logfile
# echo gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 /path/to/usbstick/logfile
oops, but I guess you know what I mean
etc.?
I would like to post the output to the list.
TIA
Ralf
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Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: All instructions failed. Is there a way to mount a linux partition or USB-stick and to redirect the output of the gpart commands to a log file? In linux after mounting a partition or usb-stick I would do it like that: spinymouse@q:~$ echo $ ls -l logfile spinymouse@q:~$ ls -l logfile Too much work. Use script(1): $ script /tmp/session.log $ (do a bunch of stuff) $ exit And session.log will contain everything. Including control characters, so edit it before posting. So how can I mount e.g. an USB stick? This is in the Handbook somewhere, but a quick look didn't find it, so: # mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt That assumes there is a FAT filesystem in the first partition of the memory stick, a common setup. Please don't use NTFS. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Tuesday 27 November 2012 15:15:52 Ralf Mardorf wrote: And could I then run something similar to # echo gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # gpart show ada0s1 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # echo gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 /path/to/usbstick/logfile # echo gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 /path/to/usbstick/logfile oops, but I guess you know what I mean etc.? I would like to post the output to the list. The neater way # script /path/to/usbstick/logfile # gpart show ada0 # gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 # gpart show ada0 # CTRL+D Then /path/to/usbstick/logfile will contain a full log of your commands and output showing the partition information for ada0 before and after creating the new partition. -- Mike Clarke ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [Bulk] Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 09:05 -0700, Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: All instructions failed. Is there a way to mount a linux partition or USB-stick and to redirect the output of the gpart commands to a log file? In linux after mounting a partition or usb-stick I would do it like that: spinymouse@q:~$ echo $ ls -l logfile spinymouse@q:~$ ls -l logfile Too much work. Use script(1): $ script /tmp/session.log $ (do a bunch of stuff) $ exit And session.log will contain everything. Including control characters, so edit it before posting. So how can I mount e.g. an USB stick? This is in the Handbook somewhere, but a quick look didn't find it, so: # mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt That assumes there is a FAT filesystem in the first partition of the memory stick, a common setup. Please don't use NTFS. Thank you :) I use USB sticks as they are, with FAT, if I e.g. need Linux permissions, I use an archive on the USB stick. Yes, I'll edit the logfile, before posting. Indeed script /tmp/session.log is better, than my stupid idea. Regards, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [Bulk] Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
# mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt did not work. It has to be # mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt This is from the log: # gpart show ada0 = 63 625142385 ada0 MBR (298G) 63 121274683- free - (57G) 121274746 503862599 2 ebr [active] (240G) 625137345 5103- free - (2.5M) # gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 ada0s1 added Now it becomes complicated, since the log is a mess: = 63 625142385 ada0 MBR (298G) 63 121274622 1 freebsd (57G) 121274685 61- free - (30k) 121274746 503862599 2 ebr [active] (240G) 625137345 5103- free - (2.5M) # gpart show ada0s1 =0 121274622 ada0s1 EBR (57G) 0 121274622 - free - (57G) # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists # gpart create -s bsd da0s1 gpart: arg0 'da0s1': Invalid argument And now log is missing output: # gpart -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 53g [???] However, since create already didn't work, the missing output anyway is unimportant. Regards, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [Bulk] Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
PS: In Linux the result does look like this: $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda | grep BSD /dev/sda1 63 12127468460637311 a5 FreeBSD $ sudo parted -l | grep pri 1 32.3kB 62.1GB 62.1GB primary ext3 1 32.3kB 22.0GB 22.0GB primary ext4 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [Bulk] Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: This is from the log: # gpart show ada0 = 63 625142385 ada0 MBR (298G) 63 121274683- free - (57G) 121274746 503862599 2 ebr [active] (240G) 625137345 5103- free - (2.5M) # gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 ada0s1 added Now it becomes complicated, since the log is a mess: = 63 625142385 ada0 MBR (298G) 63 121274622 1 freebsd (57G) 121274685 61- free - (30k) 121274746 503862599 2 ebr [active] (240G) 625137345 5103- free - (2.5M) That looks okay. # gpart show ada0s1 =0 121274622 ada0s1 EBR (57G) 0 121274622 - free - (57G) # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. Thank you, so this should work and if it doesn't work, I can't install FreeBSD? Anything else I can try? FWIW on this machine are Linux installs only, used file systems are ext3, ext4 and ntfs [1]. Regards, Ralf [1] spinymouse@q:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000f2fc6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 12127468460637311 a5 FreeBSD /dev/sda2 * 121274746 625137344 251931299+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 121274748 183751469312383617 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 183751533 24642103431334751 83 Linux /dev/sda7 246421098 30928337931431141 83 Linux /dev/sda8 309283443 36196761526342086+ 83 Linux /dev/sda9 361969664 43561779136824064 83 Linux /dev/sda10 435618603 440164934 2273166 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda11 440164998 56187337460854188+ 83 Linux /dev/sda12 561873438 569215079 3670821 83 Linux /dev/sda13 569215143 61551440923149633+ 83 Linux /dev/sda14 615514473 625137344 4811436 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000525e5 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 634297387421486906 83 Linux /dev/sdb242973936 976768064 466897064+ 5 Extended /dev/sdb5429739388593168421478873+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb685931748 12869671421382483+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb7 128696778 133789319 2546271 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb8 133789383 17594387921077248+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb9 175943943 21919085921623458+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb10 219190923 220211199 510138+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb11 220213248 24668774313237248 83 Linux /dev/sdb12 246689792 34754969550429952 83 Linux /dev/sdb13 347550273 557309951 104879839+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb14 557312000 976766975 209727488 83 Linux spinymouse@q:~$ sudo parted -l Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD321KJ (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 320GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 32.3kB 62.1GB 62.1GB primary ext3 2 62.1GB 320GB 258GB extended boot 5 62.1GB 94.1GB 32.0GB logical ntfs 6 94.1GB 126GB 32.1GB logical ext3 7 126GB 158GB 32.2GB logical ext3 8 158GB 185GB 27.0GB logical ext3 9 185GB 223GB 37.7GB logical ext3 10 223GB 225GB 2328MB logical linux-swap(v1) 11 225GB 288GB 62.3GB logical ext3 12 288GB 291GB 3759MB logical ext3 13 291GB 315GB 23.7GB logical ext3 14 315GB 320GB 4927MB logical ext3 Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD502HJ (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 500GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 32.3kB 22.0GB 22.0GB primary ext4 2 22.0GB 500GB 478GB extended 5 22.0GB 44.0GB 22.0GB logical ext3 6 44.0GB 65.9GB 21.9GB logical ext3 7 65.9GB 68.5GB 2607MB logical linux-swap(v1) 8 68.5GB 90.1GB 21.6GB logical ext4 9 90.1GB 112GB 22.1GB logical ext4 10 112GB 113GB 522MB logical ext4 11 113GB 126GB 13.6GB logical ext4 12 126GB 178GB 51.6GB logical ext4 13 178GB 285GB 107GB logical ext4 14 285GB 500GB 215GB logical ext4 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 20:06 -0700, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I use the amd64 install DVD. With or without deleting, I can't format a bootable FreeBSD partition to ada0s1, aka Linux /dev/sda1. FWIW if I reinstall GRUB legacy to /dev/sda, the boot flag will be set for the extended partition. /dev/sda1 is an empty ext3 partition, size 57.83 GiB. Delete it, or set it to type 0xa5. I think the first is probably better for bsdinstall to see it as available. Expect boot loaders to be overwritten, so make a backup, preferably of everything. It already was deleted for the last attempts. Another day, fortunately I've got much time, so I'll read how to use the shell for partitioning. I don't know if I'm an idiot or if the installer is broken, most likely I'm an idiot + the installer is broken. Regards, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:34:28 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote: I meant the really manual mode (CLI) as to be seen in Fig. 3-10, named Shell (that's why the confusion, sorry). http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-partitioning.html Manually Create Partitions doesn't work. The MD5sum for the ISO was ok and the burned DVD was verified. How does doesn't work appear? As far as I know, the difference to manual is that in _this_ method, you need to create your partitions yourself (the default behaviour in ye olde sysinstall); otherwise, I think one partition covering the whole slice will be created, this can be sub-optimum (especially in worse case scenarios). I did not test Shell until now and it's to late to search and read a howto. The Shell way should always work, even when the installer should know better. You can find details on how to use the CLI tools in Warren's article. When startup finished I push enter Install keyboard: German ISO-8859-1 hostname: freebsd [*] doc, games, lib32, ports, src Guided Partitioning Select the disk on which to install FreeBSD: ada0 Partition (not Entire Disk) That's the correct approach. Continuing doesn't work, or I don't know what to do. FWIW, I'll use MBR and if possible / only. Maybe it's because you have a totally non-standard content already on the disk (many Linusi, extended DOS partitions and so on, and the installer gets confused). That's why it would probably be easier to drop to the Shell command line and use either fdisk + bsdlabel _or_ gpart. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 13:19 +0100, Polytropon wrote: How does doesn't work appear? My apologies that I didn't wrote all error messages, they were about non-bootable and other things. I guess it' s better to ignore this and to continue with ... Maybe it's because you have a totally non-standard content already on the disk (many Linusi, extended DOS partitions and so on, and the installer gets confused). That's why it would probably be easier to drop to the Shell command line and use either fdisk + bsdlabel _or_ gpart. ... gpart. Right now I'll shut down Linux and restart the installer and simply try, what I've written here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2012-November/246767.html I'll wait a few minutes, perhaps you read it and say if this is ok. Regards, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 13:19 +0100, Polytropon wrote: How does doesn't work appear? My apologies that I didn't wrote all error messages, they were about non-bootable and other things. I guess it' s better to ignore this and to continue with ... Maybe it's because you have a totally non-standard content already on the disk (many Linusi, extended DOS partitions and so on, and the installer gets confused). That's why it would probably be easier to drop to the Shell command line and use either fdisk + bsdlabel _or_ gpart. ... gpart. Right now I'll shut down Linux and restart the installer and simply try, what I've written here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2012-November/246767.html I'll wait a few minutes, perhaps you read it and say if this is ok. No, it confuses GPT and MBR issues. I thought bsdinstall would install to an MBR partition. That would be the easiest way. If not... Make a full backup first. Assuming the first slice has been deleted. # gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 Create a FreeBSD disklabel/bsdlabel partitioning scheme inside the FreeBSD slice: # gpart create -s bsd da0s1 Create FreeBSD partitions. Sizes may be adjusted, but these will work. # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 2g da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -a 4k -s 512m da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 1g da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 256m da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k da0s1 After you have done all this, you can go back and use the Partition selection in bsdinstall to enter types and mountpoints for each. Or you can newfs each and then mount them, setting the location in BSDINSTALL_CHROOT. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
I can't backup the whole HDDs :(. I backup some data from HDD1 to HDD2 and te other data from HDD2 to HDD1. On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 13:43 -0700, Warren Block wrote: Assuming the first slice has been deleted. Correct. # gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 Create a FreeBSD disklabel/bsdlabel partitioning scheme inside the FreeBSD slice: # gpart create -s bsd da0s1 Create FreeBSD partitions. Sizes may be adjusted, but these will work. # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 2g da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -a 4k -s 512m da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 1g da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 256m da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k da0s1 After you have done all this, you can go back and use the Partition selection in bsdinstall to enter types and mountpoints for each. Or you can newfs each and then mount them, setting the location in BSDINSTALL_CHROOT. I would prefer to continue with the installer. However, I guess for my needs just / is needed, so I guess # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -a 4k -s 512m da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k da0s1 is what I should run?! 512m (it doesn't matter to use m or M?) is enough swap? I've got 4GB RAM. On Linux I use 2 swaps each around 2GB, but they are not much used. For Linux there are no valid rules any more, how to set up the swap, or at least I don't know the rules. Thank you, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 22:09:42 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I can't backup the whole HDDs :(. I backup some data from HDD1 to HDD2 and te other data from HDD2 to HDD1. Per definition, that's just a copy, not a backup. :-) I would prefer to continue with the installer. However, I guess for my needs just / is needed, so I guess # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -a 4k -s 512m da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k da0s1 is what I should run?! 512m (it doesn't matter to use m or M?) is enough swap? If you have sufficient disk space, going for about 2 GB swap won't be problematic (and offer you some free space for unexpected use of swap). From man gpart: Its size is given by the -s size option. SI unit suffixes are allowed. The SI unit suffix per definition is M, but if m also works, both seem to be valid. There's an example reading /sbin/gpart add -s 512M -t freebsd-ufs da0 in the EXAMPLES section. I've got 4GB RAM. On Linux I use 2 swaps each around 2GB, but they are not much used. For Linux there are no valid rules any more, how to set up the swap, or at least I don't know the rules. In fact, there are no definite rules anymore. The use of swap depends on too many factors (HDD or SSD, how many, RAID layout, RAM in machine, applications, ...) to make an easy rule. But better have swap you don't need than to need swap you don't have. :-) I still wonder how or why the new installer fails with the task discussed here. Basically, if there is free space on the disk, one should be able to use fdisk to allocate it to a FreeBSD slice (cf. DOS primary partition) and then use disklabel (bsdlabel) to create the required partitions inside this slice (/ and swap, in your case). There would be no need to write any boot codes or MBR stuff as GRUB will chainload the FreeBSD loader (hd0,a:/boot/loader). Modern technology... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I can't backup the whole HDDs :(. I backup some data from HDD1 to HDD2 and te other data from HDD2 to HDD1. On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 13:43 -0700, Warren Block wrote: Assuming the first slice has been deleted. Correct. # gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0 Create a FreeBSD disklabel/bsdlabel partitioning scheme inside the FreeBSD slice: # gpart create -s bsd da0s1 Create FreeBSD partitions. Sizes may be adjusted, but these will work. # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 2g da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -a 4k -s 512m da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 1g da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 256m da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k da0s1 After you have done all this, you can go back and use the Partition selection in bsdinstall to enter types and mountpoints for each. Or you can newfs each and then mount them, setting the location in BSDINSTALL_CHROOT. I would prefer to continue with the installer. However, I guess for my needs just / is needed, so I guess # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -a 4k -s 512m da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k da0s1 I think we just found in another thread that the UFS partition must be first, but it will have to have a size stated. 512m (it doesn't matter to use m or M?) is enough swap? I've got 4GB RAM. On Linux I use 2 swaps each around 2GB, but they are not much used. Use more if you like. It will not hurt, and might be useful in some situations. The m or g is not case-sensitive. So the command above to allocate 40G for a filesystem and the rest to swap would be # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -s 40g da0s1 # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -a 4k -s da0s1 Bootcode might also be needed on the FreeBSD slice, but I have not used grub, so don't know for sure. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
I use the amd64 install DVD. With or without deleting, I can't format a bootable FreeBSD partition to ada0s1, aka Linux /dev/sda1. FWIW if I reinstall GRUB legacy to /dev/sda, the boot flag will be set for the extended partition. /dev/sda1 is an empty ext3 partition, size 57.83 GiB. Regards, Ralf PS: spinymouse@q:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000f2fc6 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 12127468460637311 83 Linux /dev/sda2 * 121274746 625137344 251931299+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 121274748 183751469312383617 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 183751533 24642103431334751 83 Linux /dev/sda7 246421098 30928337931431141 83 Linux /dev/sda8 309283443 36196761526342086+ 83 Linux /dev/sda9 361969664 43561779136824064 83 Linux /dev/sda10 435618603 440164934 2273166 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda11 440164998 56187337460854188+ 83 Linux /dev/sda12 561873438 569215079 3670821 83 Linux /dev/sda13 569215143 61551440923149633+ 83 Linux /dev/sda14 615514473 625137344 4811436 83 Linux spinymouse@q:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000525e5 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 634297387421486906 83 Linux /dev/sdb242973936 976768064 466897064+ 5 Extended /dev/sdb5429739388593168421478873+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb685931748 12869671421382483+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb7 128696778 133789319 2546271 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb8 133789383 17594387921077248+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb9 175943943 21919085921623458+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb10 219190923 220211199 510138+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb11 220213248 24668774313237248 83 Linux /dev/sdb12 246689792 34754969550429952 83 Linux /dev/sdb13 347550273 557309951 104879839+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb14 557312000 976766975 209727488 83 Linux spinymouse@q:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Installing GRUB to /dev/sda as (hd0)... Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:14:40 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I use the amd64 install DVD. With or without deleting, I can't format a bootable FreeBSD partition to ada0s1, aka Linux /dev/sda1. You mention ada0s1. This is not a partition. It's called a slice (different term: DOS primary partition). You need to create partitions inside the slice (or one covering the whole slice, typically not recommended). To _format_ a partition (freebsd-ufs GPT, or MBR slice + partitions), newfs is the tool. I know this might sound confusing, taking DOS primary partitions, DOS extended partition and logical volume inside a DOS extended partition into account. Still it's helpful to know the proper BSD terminology for those things, and the understanding of _what_ a partition is (it's a part of a DOS primary partition, so to say - it works like the logical volume inside a DOS extended partition, but without requiring the DOS extended partition). FWIW if I reinstall GRUB legacy to /dev/sda, the boot flag will be set for the extended partition. /dev/sda1 is an empty ext3 partition, size 57.83 GiB. I think it would be better to delete the partition (not empty partition, but then no partition) and let the installer allocate the free space to a slice. Then you shouldn't need to bother with boot flags as you're probably going to chainload per GRUB. When you have created the partition, either by using gpart for the more convenient GPT or MBR approach (gpart supports this mechanism), or by using fdisk for the traditional MBR approach, you can create partitions inside this slice, for example a root partition, a swap partition, and maybe partitions for functional separation of OS and data components, such as /tmp, /var, /usr and /home. You can do this as mentioned with fdisk + bsdlabel (MBR approach) or gpart (GPT approach, but only if this is supported by the rest of your disk organisation). Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 12127468460637311 83 Linux This is the partition you're going to install FreeBSD to? Good, just delete it and let the installer do the work. :-) You can also switch to manual mode and use the CLI tools to create a slice and partitions. It's not very complicated and should be possible from the Fixit live system (not tested). See this document for details on partitioning preparation and disk initialisation: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 23:35 +0100, Polytropon wrote: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 12127468460637311 83 Linux This is the partition you're going to install FreeBSD to? Good, just delete it and let the installer do the work. :-) Yes, but the install doesn't do it! I can delete it now, instead of trying to delete it with the installer and see if the installer will work then. To be continued ... Thank you, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 23:35 +0100, Polytropon wrote: You can also switch to manual mode I did this first and it didn't work. Regards, Ralf PS: I very often receive mails two times :(, from the list and directly send to me. I notice that mailing list options for the MUA are broken. Is mailman misconfigured or did I miss something I should take care off? I don't have such issues with other mailing lists. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:07:09 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 23:35 +0100, Polytropon wrote: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 63 12127468460637311 83 Linux This is the partition you're going to install FreeBSD to? Good, just delete it and let the installer do the work. :-) Yes, but the install doesn't do it! I can delete it now, instead of trying to delete it with the installer and see if the installer will work then. That sounds good. The installer should be able to detect the free space and assign it to a slice (that can then used to create partitions inside it) or GPT partitions (until the free space is consumed). On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:14:49 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 23:35 +0100, Polytropon wrote: You can also switch to manual mode I did this first and it didn't work. I meant the really manual mode (CLI) as to be seen in Fig. 3-10, named Shell (that's why the confusion, sorry). http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-partitioning.html I have to admit that I'm not very familiar with the new installer (bsdinstall), I've been occassionally using the old installer (sysinstall) in the past, with less options where one could do something wrong. :-) It's important that you either make sure there is one free slice (means: max. 3 DOS primary partitions are defined, one slot is free), or use GPT (command line tool: gpart). This is what you should be able to do when using the Shell option, even though the guided and manual mode should work. What's exceptional in your case: You have defined a lot of partitions for Linux, maybe this confuses the new installer. :-) You also should decide _which_ partitioning approach works for you - MBR or (probably) GPT. This also depends on how you have organized your Linusi. The use of the CLI tools for this approach are documented in Warren's article I've mentioned in a previous message. PS: I very often receive mails two times :(, from the list and directly send to me. I notice that mailing list options for the MUA are broken. Is mailman misconfigured or did I miss something I should take care off? I don't have such issues with other mailing lists. Sorry, don't mind: This is obviously a problem on _my_ side, the reply all vs. reply to mailing-list. The list system should be working properly; you should receive this message now from the list (as it is intended). I'm just too stupid to use a computer. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
OT: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote: I'm just too stupid to use a computer. :-) I once wanted to delete a broken Linux, before restoring it from a backup, but by accident deleted the broken Linux + the only backup too. No drugs involved. In around 20 years using computers, I was able to pull off a feat like this for only one time. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote: I meant the really manual mode (CLI) as to be seen in Fig. 3-10, named Shell (that's why the confusion, sorry). http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-partitioning.html Manually Create Partitions doesn't work. The MD5sum for the ISO was ok and the burned DVD was verified. I did not test Shell until now and it's to late to search and read a howto. When startup finished I push enter Install keyboard: German ISO-8859-1 hostname: freebsd [*] doc, games, lib32, ports, src Guided Partitioning Select the disk on which to install FreeBSD: ada0 Partition (not Entire Disk) Continuing doesn't work, or I don't know what to do. FWIW, I'll use MBR and if possible / only. Regards, Ralf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 02:34 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 00:27 +0100, Polytropon wrote: I meant the really manual mode (CLI) as to be seen in Fig. 3-10, named Shell (that's why the confusion, sorry). PS: Don't worry, it was clear what you wanted to say. As a newbie regarding to this kind of partitioning, I just prefer to test the ncurses way first. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: I use the amd64 install DVD. With or without deleting, I can't format a bootable FreeBSD partition to ada0s1, aka Linux /dev/sda1. FWIW if I reinstall GRUB legacy to /dev/sda, the boot flag will be set for the extended partition. /dev/sda1 is an empty ext3 partition, size 57.83 GiB. Delete it, or set it to type 0xa5. I think the first is probably better for bsdinstall to see it as available. Expect boot loaders to be overwritten, so make a backup, preferably of everything. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
