Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 16:13:26 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using bsdinstall for an additional drive Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312081559340.71351@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <BD00D1F6-936F-419D-9C45-68CBBBBAAC62@lafn.org> References: <B6C67E2D-48D5-4422-917B-06C2152EF397@lafn.org> <CAHu1Y732myTGH9mBbL_uBS1B49f0MYfgG2BZLJ1AfpNpAVRMHQ@mail.gmail.com> <BD00D1F6-936F-419D-9C45-68CBBBBAAC62@lafn.org>
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On Sun, 8 Dec 2013, Doug Hardie wrote: > > On 8 December 2013, at 10:47, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> wrote: > >> I think it's worth the effort to try to understand gpart et al. > > Yes - that works. But you have to remember it. I do this once every couple years. Thats why sysinstall was useful. I didn't have to remember either where I put the notes, or on the specific commands themselves. I run a number of systems running FreeBSD because they are reliable, consistent, and I don't have to remember a ton of drivel. Unfortunately, we have re-introduced some of that in this situation. sysinstall had some intermittent bugs that would occasionally do bad things. As Devin points out, bsdinstall has a partition editor. I personally find gpart easier to use. The article I linked earlier is kind of a checklist to make sure none of the important points is missed when setting up a new system disk. For setting up a single partition data disk, it can be much simpler: # gpart create -s gpt ada1 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a4k ada1 # newfs -U /dev/ada1p1
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