From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 5 04:59:47 2011 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51D2106566B for <questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 04:59:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 698C98FC0C for <questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 04:59:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-63-204.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.63.204]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F5C1E133; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 06:59:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id p554xiam001617; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 06:59:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 06:59:44 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Message-Id: <20110605065944.4cab117a.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20110605044021.GA2213@tinyCurrent> References: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> <BANLkTinoDAOxj0AYvYmdia_jLhW54F4jig@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106042039240.34792@wonkity.com> <20110605044021.GA2213@tinyCurrent> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.org Questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Partitioning with gpart or old style slices? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:59:47 -0000 On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 06:40:22 +0200, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > Since some time I'm as well using gpart(8) to setup new systems with the > following sequence: > > # gpart create -s mbr ad4 # Init the disk with an MBR > # gpart add -t freebsd ad4 # Create a BSD container > # gpart create -s bsd ad4s1 # Init with a BSD scheme > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1G ad4s1 # 1GB for / > # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -s 2G ad4s1 # 2GB for swap > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 2G ad4s1 # 2GB for /var > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1G ad4s1 # 1GB for /tmp > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs ad4s1 # all rest for /usr > # gpart set -a active -i 1 ad4 Just a side question that may be interesting for addition in a new Handbook section: When you use the "old" method, you can leave out the slicing step, creating a "dangerously" (haha) dedicated disk for use with FreeBSD. Would this also work with gpart by omitting the "gpart create -s bsd ad4s1" step and then refering to ad4 instead of ad4s1 in the "gpart add -t freebsd-ufs/swap" steps? > But the result is not ready for boot after install the kernel and > system; I allways have to go again with the sysinstall(8) tool to set > the 'A' flag; don't know what I'm missing (and the man page is not very > instructive on this); thanks I agree about the manpage; "gpart set -a attrib -i index [-f flags] geom" is mentioned in the synopsis, but there's no further mentioning of the -a option and its parameters. Maybe (haven't tested!) "gpart set -a active -i 1 ad4s1" is equivalent to setting the "A" flag using sysinstall? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...