From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 16:46:15 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A6961065673; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:46:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from ns2.bafirst.com (ns2.bafirst.com [97.67.198.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1995D8FC17; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:46:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from unixmania.com ([189.251.157.180]) by ns2.bafirst.com with esmtp; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:46:12 -0500 id 000DA804.4E2D9DD5.00011C04 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by unixmania.com with local; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:46:12 -0500 id 000CF70B.4E2D9DD4.00011C7A Received: from dsl-189-251-133-16-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-189-251-133-16-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx [189.251.133.16]) by econet.encontacto.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:46:12 -0500 Message-ID: <20110725114612.15892pix5tua52io@econet.encontacto.net> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:46:12 -0500 From: eculp To: Warren Block References: <20110724162937.33865zm0kn4ztdwk@econet.encontacto.net> <4E2C8FBE.7040003@freebsd.org> <4E2D21DE.5070201@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (5.0-cvs) X-Remote-Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0 X-IMP-Server: 189.251.157.180 X-Originating-IP: 189.251.133.16 X-Originating-User: eculp@encontacto.net Cc: freebsd-current , Nathan Whitehorn , Andriy Gapon Subject: Re: Trying to install current from a memory stick and then a DVD and got a new and strange installer. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:46:15 -0000 Quoting Warren Block : > On Mon, 25 Jul 2011, Andriy Gapon wrote: > >> on 25/07/2011 07:47 Warren Block said the following: >>> 2. The options don't always really apply. Create when ad0 is =20 >>> highlighted leads >>> the user to think they can create a new device, like ad1. But it =20 >>> will really >>> create another partition. Delete on ad0 deletes all the =20 >>> partitions, not ad0. >>> No warning, either. >> >> Are you sure about this one? >> I have never expected that any installer would be able to create or delet= e >> hardware (a hard disk) in my computer. > > "Device" as in entry in /dev. > > It's a little blurrier than that. With no partitioning scheme, =20 > Create makes one, having the user select the type. After that, it =20 > creates new partitions. > > Having messed with this editor more, I can make it work and see the =20 > intent of the user interface. I wish I could suggest a good way to =20 > make it more clear, but can't quite get my brain around it right now. That makes two of us right now. I gave up, accepted the automatic =20 partition and everything else went as expected, I suppose. The disk =20 results are: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ada0p2 941441086 2150880 863974920 0% / devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev In my world from the beginning of commercial unix, I have never had a =20 one partition disk. I'm not sure if it is that bad with today's, =20 controllers, drives, drivers, etc. I hope someone chimes in with a "I =20 see no major problems with gpt." My major problem was editing the automatic swap that was set at 4G and =20 the menu would not let me change the 4G. The experienced option would =20 not accept a blank value as swap even though there was message that =20 said it would. I feel like a real idiot and am beginning to believe that it might be true. The rest of the install was brain dead. It was possibly a bit simpler =20 than the previous. Less decisions ;) I had the idea the following were available in the new installer. 1. Raid configuration 2. ZFS 3. Regular everyday simple disk partitioning as before. I wasn't able to find any functional option except the one mentioned above. Now, I have to accept this single partition or upgrade sources to =20 date, build a release and reinstall but I don't know if the problem =20 has been fixed. I'll probably give it a try. It isn't that much of a =20 deal. Thanks, ed > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >