From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 12:20:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F53D106567A for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:20:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E92318FC0A for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:20:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9PCKB0p070023 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:20:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p9PCKBTX070022; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:20:11 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:20:11 GMT Message-Id: <201110251220.p9PCKBTX070022@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org From: Dennis Yusupoff Cc: Subject: Re: bin/161720: bsdinstall(8): partition editor does not put partitions on even 4K boundaries X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dennis Yusupoff List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:20:12 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/161720; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dennis Yusupoff To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, wblock@wonkity.com Cc: Subject: Re: bin/161720: bsdinstall(8): partition editor does not put partitions on even 4K boundaries Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:27:02 +0400 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBFEDB1EA657101A7650BAC7B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While I agree with you in need of aligning [first] partition, I'd like to behold, that gpart show size in blocks, not in megabytes, so to align partition to 1 mbyte on 4K-align HDDs you might execute "gpart add -b 2048 -s 64K -t freebsd-boot ada0" ( 2048 blocks * 4096 kbytes =3D 8 Mbyte= , in case of "plain" HDD 2048 blocks * 512 bytes =3D 1 Mbyte, which, I think, is a pretty good). Moreover, I don't see why freebsd-boot partition should be more than 512K, if even 64K are currently just enough for FreeBSD. Looks like old and famous Bill Gates's sentence, I know, but however :) --=20 With best regards, Dennis Yusupoff, network engineer of Smart-Telecom ISP Russia, Saint-Petersburg=20 --------------enigBFEDB1EA657101A7650BAC7B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOpoDmAAoJEBUTaqBS2NB4dG4H/iyeEhbN8RUJvOG8Ow+c8D5b sLWd0XsGx7kKqlKVhTvrtTZSuCDxLGsynNvnO+iSBqFPeajOhThbw2w0CEj9XEEj DBVGL2KgwJl0Ye7wc6Tzjddbd7i9bELK41MM3k4iUgHlZA/qCdhLl9cPt28PQA0T GnDPjBCfQoMZXqncAHI+UmNga11LWQYQ0pO0BtD4Cv9a+RhPTIbZaMc9BcFlJSoP YNkNrW8R278bl4wUIc244hK5FDjRfvyzBgcFj3BB6ZMMHZTrmGM9swLBK7HMnQOs +Zke+0HPSZ0o3idpnlOgDggx6zX4PTR2ZAkNi3+xxfqoOfHeKDj2TPoU84EKyik= =TjYH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigBFEDB1EA657101A7650BAC7B--