From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 17:30:52 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 D2EA3106566B for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:30:52 +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 702C28FC08 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:30:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from unixmania.com ([189.251.157.180]) by ns2.bafirst.com with esmtp; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:30:50 -0500 id 000DA805.4E2DA84A.00011D02 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by unixmania.com with local; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:30:49 -0500 id 000CF70B.4E2DA849.0001219C 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 12:30:49 -0500 Message-ID: <20110725123049.181470bkj1qfm1gc@econet.encontacto.net> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:30:49 -0500 From: eculp To: Adam Vande More References: <20110724162937.33865zm0kn4ztdwk@econet.encontacto.net> <4E2C8FBE.7040003@freebsd.org> <4E2D21DE.5070201@FreeBSD.org> <20110725114612.15892pix5tua52io@econet.encontacto.net> 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 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 17:30:53 -0000 Quoting Adam Vande More : > 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 resu= lts >> 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 th= e >> 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 tru= e. >> The rest of the install was brain dead. It was possibly a bit simpler th= an >> 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 abov= e. >> >> 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 FreeB= SD > with the options you mentioned earlier in a graphical enviroment. Thanks Adam, I suppose that I could just pull it into this machine and execute it =20 as if it were sysinstall and reconfigure from the same box without =20 having to update, make release, etc. I'm going to give that a try. Have a great day. ed > > -- > Adam Vande More >