From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri Dec 11 23:10:30 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95946A04DE4 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 23:10:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rmacklem@uoguelph.ca) Received: from esa-jnhn.mail.uoguelph.ca (esa-jnhn.mail.uoguelph.ca [131.104.91.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49CDB1C95 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 23:10:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rmacklem@uoguelph.ca) IronPort-PHdr: 9a23:xpssHh9Mt8eJAP9uRHKM819IXTAuvvDOBiVQ1KB91OkcTK2v8tzYMVDF4r011RmSDduds6oMotGVmp6jcFRI2YyGvnEGfc4EfD4+ouJSoTYdBtWYA1bwNv/gYn9yNs1DUFh44yPzahANS47AblHf6ke/8SQVUk2mc1EleKKtQsb7tIee6aObw9XreQJGhT6wM/tZDS6dikHvjPQQmpZoMa0ryxHE8TNicuVSwn50dxrIx06vru/5xpNo8jxRtvQ97IYAFPyiJ+VrBYBfWR8vKXsp6cujlgTFXwbHsnAVSH4KnxwOABXD/hzSV436tTG8uucriweAOsijd7E/WnyH5qxoTBLtwHMdMjcy82Xaj+Rti61GrRa5p1p0ytiHM8muKPNic/aFLpshTm1bU5MUDnQZDw== X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A2CtBABaV2tW/61jaINehA1uBr04gWIXCoUjSgKBbRIBAQEBAQEBAYEJgi2CBwEBAQMBAQEBICsgCwULAgEIGAICDRkCAicBCSYCBAgHBAEcBIgGCA2sTJFkAQEBAQEBAQMBAQEBAQEBAQEWBIEBhVWEfYQ7AQGDOoFJBY4piEmFNYUihEiXQoNxAicBO4IRHYF0IDQHhB06gQgBAQE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.20,415,1444708800"; d="scan'208";a="255823239" Received: from nipigon.cs.uoguelph.ca (HELO zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca) ([131.104.99.173]) by esa-jnhn.mail.uoguelph.ca with ESMTP; 11 Dec 2015 18:10:28 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7F5215F55D; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:10:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id U_PlN1fqTXHK; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:10:28 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A43915F565; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:10:28 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca Received: from zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id t4Xw80m8TAgA; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:10:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca (zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca [172.17.95.18]) by zcs1.mail.uoguelph.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E28C515F55D; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:10:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:10:27 -0500 (EST) From: Rick Macklem To: Carsten Kunze Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <45234563.128753656.1449875427901.JavaMail.zimbra@uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <1216457205.228496.1449870717994.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail06.arcor-online.net> References: <1872732466.128678074.1449869697292.JavaMail.zimbra@uoguelph.ca> <1812473578.396927.1449851649511.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail08.arcor-online.net> <1951187234.227919.1449866352324.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail06.arcor-online.net> <1216457205.228496.1449870717994.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail06.arcor-online.net> Subject: Re: Aw: Re: Partitioning on a MBR table disk fails (and destroys my data...) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [172.17.95.10] X-Mailer: Zimbra 8.0.9_GA_6191 (ZimbraWebClient - FF42 (Win)/8.0.9_GA_6191) Thread-Topic: Partitioning on a MBR table disk fails (and destroys my data...) Thread-Index: jO6JWAYVKBTXOPekN1paR7MWy+cxcA== X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 23:10:30 -0000 Carsten Kunze wrote: > Rick Macklem wrote: > > > Did you use "Manual" when it gets to the partitioning screen? > > When I've done this, after selecting "Manual MBR" (or whatever it's called, > > one or two below "Auto"), it should show you the slices > > (what FreeBSD calls the 4 MBR partitions): > > - Then I select the "freebsd" (move around until it is highlighted one) > > and create partitions within it with "Create" at the bottom of the > > screen. > > (I always have "fun" with the interface, but repeated attempts with > > and the arrow keys eventually get me to the right place on the screen;-) > > I think I did select "auto" which brings me into the "manual" screen after > few > steps. It does show the slices and does even show NTFS and Linux > partitions inside the extended partition (I have 3 primary MBR partitions, > first is freebsd, then two NTFS, then an extendet with further NTFS and > Linux). > > The first 10MB of the first slice (freebsd) had been cleared with > "dd if=/dev/zero of=...". When I put the cursor line on this slice and > select "create" it doesn't allow me to create the freebsd-ufs for "/". > Sorry, I can`t explain why it would fail. I have seen different fdisks have differing opinions w.r.t. partition alignment in the past. > > Good luck with it, rick > > ps: If it doesn't show the slices,I'm guessing the MBR doesn't make sense > > to > > FreeBSD's fdisk. You can go to "" instead of "" and > > then > > try typing "fdisk". > > I did try the shell and typed "fdisk" and "disklabel" but this did not work > as > known from other BSDs. > You didn`t say what `fdisk` gave as output. If it doesn`t show your slices, I can only guess that the MBR isn`t understood by FreeBSD for some reason. I don`t use it, but gpart is the preferred FreeBSD command. You might try that instead. As I said, it works for me, but I use a simple: - windows NTFS - windows NTFS - freebsd set of slices and I created freebsd with the "Manual MBR" option of the installer. I do not know what ``auto`` might have done. Over the years, I have found that different variants of "fdisk" have different ideas w.r.t. alignment. > The actually issue is that I can't create something in the found freebsd > slice. In the past I did simply remove this slice and added a new one > (since the free space on the disk had exactly been what I wanted to > use). But now the seemingly free space is not actually completely free > so I'd like to not delete the slice. The installer should support using > this slice. > Well, although installing is always a bit scary, if you don`t touch the other slices, I`d delete and create the freebsd one. It gets to a certain point when doing the `Manual MBR` before it asks you if you want to save it on disk. rick > Carsten > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >