Re: 9.1-RC1 installer [was: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available...]

2012-09-01 Thread John Marshall
I've just installed an Intel server from a 9.1-RC1 CD. This was my first encounter with the new installer. I didn't like the look of what the Auto option showed me for drive partitioning, so I tried Manual and found that confusing. I ended up choosing the Shell option for drive partitioning and

Re: 9.1-RC1 installer [was: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available...]

2012-09-01 Thread jb
John Marshall john.marshall at riverwillow.com.au writes: I've just installed an Intel server from a 9.1-RC1 CD. This was my first encounter with the new installer. I didn't like the look of what the Auto option showed me for drive partitioning, so I tried Manual and found that confusing.

9.1-RC1 installer [was: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available...]

2012-08-31 Thread David Wolfskill
I had occasion yesterday to install FreeBSD on a machine (an HP Compaq dx7200 Slim Tower) that had never (AFAIK) had FreeBSD installed on it. Since I don't often use the installer, I thought it might be good to try the 9.1-RC1 installer. While the exercise was ultimately successful, I needed to

Re: 9.1-RC1 installer [was: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available...]

2012-08-31 Thread Brandon Allbery
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM, David Wolfskill da...@catwhisker.orgwrote: While the exercise was ultimately successful, I needed to make use of additional hardware (including a second FreeBSD machine -- my laptop) to complete it. Had I been trying to install with just the target machine

Re: 9.1-RC1 installer [was: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available...]

2012-08-31 Thread Miroslav Lachman
Brandon Allbery wrote: On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:26 PM, David Wolfskillda...@catwhisker.orgwrote: While the exercise was ultimately successful, I needed to make use of additional hardware (including a second FreeBSD machine -- my laptop) to complete it. Had I been trying to install with just