From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 14 15:17:50 2008 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 684D71065674 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:17:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 422208FC2B for ; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:17:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m2EFI3N7019922; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:18:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m2EFI2S5019921; Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:18:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:18:02 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister To: Tim Daneliuk Message-ID: <20080314151802.GB19851@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <47D9AA86.2040105@tundraware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47D9AA86.2040105@tundraware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Using Install CD To Prepare Hard Disk 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: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:17:50 -0000 On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 05:28:22PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > I would like to use the CD install menus to only prepare the hard > disk (Partition, Label, Format) without actually installing anything on > the drive. Can this be done? There seems to be no "None" option for > Distributions, and I cannot find the right magic to make the installer > go ahead and prepare the drive w/o resorting to at least a minimal install. > > I assume if the answer is "no" then that means this has to be done > manually from the fixit command line???? That is the easiest way that I know. I think you can get past the disk build and just turn off all the stuff to install, but doing fdisk, bsdlabel and newfs is really quite easy and less trouble. ////jerry > > Thanks, > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com > PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"