Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:35:46 -0800 From: "Peter Steele" <psteele@maxiscale.com> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: What are proper install.cfg for configuring multiple slices? Message-ID: <2ACA3DE8F9758A48B8BE2C7A847F91F240C97F@polaris.maxiscale.com>
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I want to do an automated sysinstall through an install.cfg script and the script partition the install disk into three slices. I've been going through various tests trying to figure out what the proper directives are but I haven't had much luck, and I can't find any good examples. Here is a snippet of my config file: disk=ad0 bootManager=standard partition=12582912 diskPartitionEditor partition=2097152 diskPartitionEditor partition=free diskPartitionEditor ad0s1-1=ufs 4194304 / ad0s1-2=ufs 4194304 /tmp ad0s1-3=ufs 4194304 /var ad0s2-1=swap 2097152 none ad0s3-1=ufs 4194304 none ad0s3-2=ufs 4194304 none ad0s3-3=ufs 0 none diskLabelEditor diskLabelCommit My intent here is to create three slices-one 6GB in size, another 1GB in size, and the third sized to consume the remaining free space. When I run this through sysinstall, it complains that it can't find the space for the partitions. It even complains that it can't find any free space. Because the slices don't get created, the subsequent label assignments fail as well. What is the proper commands for creating multiple slices in install.cfg? Another thing I'm having trouble with is partitioning more than one disk. I have four disks that I'd like to partition as part of the install.cfg script. In fact, I want to partition the four disks more or less identically (although only one should have an active root partition). Again though, if I try partitioning another disk after ad0, sysinstall complains about various things and the disk does not get partitioned. Can multiple disks be partitioned in this manner or does the step have to be done as a post-install operation?
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