From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 18:31:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B39410656A3 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:31:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mubeeshalivm@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9DD88FC16 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:31:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe42 with SMTP id 42so354800yxe.13 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:31:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=datOYaoF8Fkq+xZN/g4J5NUAumjImIXIB2gnz4KaCzo=; b=ZpCxbwn8v7ANesRbh+vfmQ1oXjS6fbJapBGkalzVBiAEHbRAiJOMyZ3EkqLNGpl6bC 7VHBt5xgt1XuwM4YVXeSXhErpeBkGkstpDmm+Jf2SPxuQJ18/zp4e+SxnF2udG0q5q69 qBjLeESgsw1AEQFRSew+y4eI5YtmqCQuL7LzQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AB8/l0IcYt8/kUeLZs7mLgl5V2U8usx3xt4ddBO4zDAmvpTO5JfQCIpBhhD9/7F7vY ggn1D2cjl2usADbrRqwM8KOBpAPmNDKPIuT/rNUAg7t9qCD1q/6F8Q6Aof4mtvjbCVp4 hxzUnvGjVd2MAnM9IgS5tFy91VXT/4sqb3MKI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.181.8 with SMTP id d8mr8937370ybf.440.1282761095496; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:31:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.166.141 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:31:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:01:35 +0530 Message-ID: From: Mubeesh ali To: claudiu vasadi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: chunk 'ad1s4 ; ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:31:37 -0000 yes. there is an un allocated 50 gb space (deleted a partition using win 7 partition tools) and we created a feebsd slice in the unallocated space while running sysinstall ....However in the next screen; i guess where it should give us an option to partition the freebsd slice into root,home,swap etc ? it throws this error about the track boundary and it defaults to use the entire disk. sure i will double check the procedure in handbook. thanks, Mubeesh On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:49 PM, claudiu vasadi wrote: > of course there is. if you have empty space, create a freebsd slice and y= our > set. > > handbook - instalation section section 2.6 is EXACTLY what you need, but = I > strongly recommend reading the handbook (as much as possible) > --=20 Best=A0 Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M