From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 17:23:14 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 469821065677 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:23:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f44.google.com (mail-fx0-f44.google.com [209.85.161.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD4A58FC19 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:23:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxe6 with SMTP id 6so7008411fxe.17 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:23:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Cel7+uqbEZDuhMLN2xlM2oBaAM6J18lUZRIC4k2ryoE=; b=qsmryF7fk4K4oaveRyrfc6rUYA5X6fsBIbtuf6tCTRKPgKUh+OYI35jOTdsL46rqeS FQH41RVZqdbJ9dICbIKsnYZy3EQ+J33HMQ+7o4dq8arAwtL4zV7EDYQEQkJON17F5ZDt HykzqRwKLLxbxJJlsNkiyphQVwGQ3I2Gg1dWY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.144.136 with SMTP id z8mr4462651fau.31.1311612906225; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:55:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.124.67 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:55:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110725114612.15892pix5tua52io@econet.encontacto.net> References: <20110724162937.33865zm0kn4ztdwk@econet.encontacto.net> <4E2C8FBE.7040003@freebsd.org> <4E2D21DE.5070201@FreeBSD.org> <20110725114612.15892pix5tua52io@econet.encontacto.net> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:55:06 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: eculp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current 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 17:23:14 -0000 On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:46 AM, eculp wrote: > That makes two of us right now. I gave up, accepted the automatic > partition and everything else went as expected, I suppose. The disk 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 one > partition disk. I'm not sure if it is that bad with today's, controllers, > drives, drivers, etc. I hope someone chimes in with a "I see no major > problems with gpt." > > My major problem was editing the automatic swap that was set at 4G and the > menu would not let me change the 4G. The experienced option would not > accept a blank value as swap even though there was message that 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 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 date, > build a release and reinstall but I don't know if the problem has been > fixed. I'll probably give it a try. It isn't that much of a deal. > Hopefully I add something of value to this thread, but as a workaround you can use a PCBSD image and installer to install/partion plain vanilla FreeBSD with the options you mentioned earlier in a graphical enviroment. -- Adam Vande More