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Date:      Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:41:07 -0500
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
To:        Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [bsdinstall] Precise disk slicing
Message-ID:  <51E7E263.900@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CANt7McG%2BzSYpS%2BizKP0A5pN8Bwn=SsOp4ZWEpJsr9dDBBZ=XWw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 07/18/13 07:26, Rostislav Krasny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Already asked this on freebsd-questions, but got no response as yet.
>
> Previously in the sysinstall there was possible to define the start and the
> end LBA addresses of the new slice (new MBR partition). I didn't find how
> to do that in the bsdinstall. Is it possible?
>
> Thank you
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There is not exactly, no. You can use the gpart command-line tool with
the "Shell" option at the beginning of the install if you want --
bsdinstall will show and use any existing partitions when it runs -- but
control on that level is not possible from the usual UI.
-Nathan



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