Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:26:01 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dangerously dedicated mode with FreeBSD 10.1 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411210815470.12278@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CANt7McFwQJNmBEJGTed%2B27K%2BVAY80V1zJSXBwHC0TmrX1iyPpw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANt7McFwQJNmBEJGTed%2B27K%2BVAY80V1zJSXBwHC0TmrX1iyPpw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2014, Rostislav Krasny wrote: > Hi, > > I've a server with FreeBSD 7.4-STABLE that uses two phisical disks in > a so called "dangerously dedicated mode". There is no other operating > system and no plan to install anything else but FreeBSD. So in my case > this is not dangerous mode at all. > > I want to upgrade it by installing FreeBSD 10.1 from scratch and I > want to use the dedicated disk mode again. How could I do that? > > If I understand it right the new bsdinstall(8) doesn't support the > dedicated disk mode, the old sysinstall(8) is already dead and the > only solution is a manual disk partitioning from shell. The 2.6.5. > Shell Mode Partitioning section of the Handbook is very terse about > that. If you are determined, it should be possible to select a bsdlabel-only format with the Manual partitioning option in the menus, or enter Shell mode on startup and create it with gpart or even bsdlabel. That said, I can't think of any advantages of using a bare bsdlable at all. With 10.1, GPT is available, supports large disks, and is easily alignable.* *: although it is reported that bsdinstall for 10.1 does not automatically do 4K alignment. But at least there are advantages to using it as a partition scheme.
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