Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:00:37 GMT From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: e37df024e090 - stable/13 - Clarify that scripted installations don't require specification of boot partitions, as there seems to be widespread confusion on this point. Message-ID: <202104121400.13CE0bZr064142@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/13 has been updated by nwhitehorn: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e37df024e090daa1c3bf450b406cff4995f2401f commit e37df024e090daa1c3bf450b406cff4995f2401f Author: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-03-19 13:44:30 +0000 Commit: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-04-12 13:58:43 +0000 Clarify that scripted installations don't require specification of boot partitions, as there seems to be widespread confusion on this point. MFC after: 1 day (cherry picked from commit e8b4c5a6226b6bde304380de51c347851680b7ed) --- usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 index 8048e41669ee..ba261ce7301d 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 @@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ As an example, a typical invocation looks like: .Pp bsdinstall scriptedpart ada0 { 20G freebsd-ufs /, 4G freebsd-swap, 20G freebsd-ufs /var, auto freebsd-ufs /usr } .Pp +Note that the list of partitions should +.Em not +include boot partitions (e.g. EFI system partitions), which will be created automatically on whatever disk includes /. +.Pp A shorter invocation to use the default partitioning (as .Cm autopart would have used) on the same disk:
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