From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 9 13:57:11 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 66FFD6F5 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2015 13:57:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D8A1C35 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2015 13:57:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t29DvBHN056020 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 2015 13:57:11 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 198380] Can't install using MBR Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:57:11 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: 10.1-RELEASE X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: blake1024@gmail.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:57:11 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198380 --- Comment #3 from Blake McBride --- Let me put this another way. I have 30+ years experience with Unix and software development. One of the things I learned is "have you tried it once"? I assure you that your GUI installer will not install a fresh MBR system on a 32 bit machine. Most who have tried, you have lost to Linux. The others figured out, as I did, how to do it manually with gpart. The biggest problem you have with FreeBSD is the huge amount of bad or out-of-date documentation, and the fact that really basic stuff doesn't work. All you need is a tester worth his salt and someone who will listen to him. FreeBSD could be a really great system, as those who suffered through the learning curve can attest. The distance between where you are now, and making a system that doesn't turn off all but the most committed isn't far. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.