Re: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk?

2009-11-28 Thread O. Hartmann
Daniel O'Connor wrote: [ -current CC dropped ] On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, O. Hartmann wrote: I try to install a fresh new FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 (from snapshot-DVD) on a barndnew harddrive. As far as I recall partitioning a disk is now done via gpart and the limitation of having only 8 (-2) partitions

Re: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk?

2009-11-10 Thread Randi Harper
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Daniel O'Connor docon...@gsoft.com.auwrote: [ -current CC dropped ] On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, O. Hartmann wrote: I try to install a fresh new FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 (from snapshot-DVD) on a barndnew harddrive. As far as I recall partitioning a disk is now done via gpart

Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk?

2009-11-09 Thread O. Hartmann
Hello. I try to install a fresh new FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 (from snapshot-DVD) on a barndnew harddrive. As far as I recall partitioning a disk is now done via gpart and the limitation of having only 8 (-2) partitions from a through h except b and c is now obsoleted. When dropping into the

Re: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk?

2009-11-09 Thread Daniel O'Connor
[ -current CC dropped ] On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, O. Hartmann wrote: I try to install a fresh new FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 (from snapshot-DVD) on a barndnew harddrive. As far as I recall partitioning a disk is now done via gpart and the limitation of having only 8 (-2) partitions from a through h except b

Re: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk?

2009-11-09 Thread Marcel Moolenaar
On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:51 AM, O. Hartmann wrote: Hello. I try to install a fresh new FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 (from snapshot-DVD) on a barndnew harddrive. As far as I recall partitioning a disk is now done via gpart and the limitation of having only 8 (-2) partitions from a through h except b and