Re: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk?
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 >> from a through h except b and c is now obsoleted. When dropping into >> the installation process, I realised that the 8 partition boundary is >> still present. >> Is there a howto (I searched the wiki and lists without success)? I >> read a lot about how to install FreeBSD on op of a complete ZFS >> infrastructure, but key issue seems to be a hands-on partitioning of >> the target haddrive via the fixit procedure. > > sysinstall does not [yet] do GPT partitions, I believe someone is > working on patches but I have no idea what state they are in. Oh, I regret this. GPT partitions seem to me to be much more powerful than the old MBR. Hope we can get GPT support/replacement soon. > > Also, I didn't think that bsdlabel was limited to 8 partitions, however > I'm not certain. Manpage of bsdlabel(8) tells us that it can hold 8 entries in the partitioning table. I'm not quite sure, but months ago I read something about a change/patch allowing up to 26 entries (limitation to the alphabet). Days ago I installed a fresh new FreeBSD 8 on a new harddisk to get rid of some legacy geometry errors. I was wondering why still the a - h-label constraint in bsdlabel was still present. > > BTW gpart does many partition types not just MBR and GPT. > Oliver ___ 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: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk?
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:40 AM, 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 > > from a through h except b and c is now obsoleted. When dropping into > > the installation process, I realised that the 8 partition boundary is > > still present. > > Is there a howto (I searched the wiki and lists without success)? I > > read a lot about how to install FreeBSD on op of a complete ZFS > > infrastructure, but key issue seems to be a hands-on partitioning of > > the target haddrive via the fixit procedure. > > sysinstall does not [yet] do GPT partitions, I believe someone is > working on patches but I have no idea what state they are in. > > Progressing nicely, but still quite a ways off from being ready. ;) -- randi ___ 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: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk?
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 c is now obsoleted. When dropping into the installation process, I realised that the 8 partition boundary is still present. sysinstall does not use gpart nor the kernel interface that GEOM_PART exposes. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcl...@mac.com ___ 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: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk?
[ -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 and c is now obsoleted. When dropping into > the installation process, I realised that the 8 partition boundary is > still present. > Is there a howto (I searched the wiki and lists without success)? I > read a lot about how to install FreeBSD on op of a complete ZFS > infrastructure, but key issue seems to be a hands-on partitioning of > the target haddrive via the fixit procedure. sysinstall does not [yet] do GPT partitions, I believe someone is working on patches but I have no idea what state they are in. Also, I didn't think that bsdlabel was limited to 8 partitions, however I'm not certain. BTW gpart does many partition types not just MBR and GPT. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
