Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:17:21 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 198380] Can't install using MBR Message-ID: <bug-198380-8-lR0shPiOBd@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-198380-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-198380-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198380 --- Comment #4 from jason.unovitch@gmail.com --- (In reply to Blake McBride from comment #3) Actually, what's with the 'freebsd-boot' partition with MBR? That's for bootstrap code and for GPT. What you would probably want it something like this for MBR. ada0 MBR adas1 #GB BSD adas1a freebsd-ufs #GB / adas1b freebsd-swap #GB none An FYI, getting to the root cause of the issue with MBR/GPT selection, the SVN log does say more work is needed but r277950 in HEAD [1] may be the future fix for using MBR where appropriate. [1] https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=277950 Some general thoughts on the issue: - Using the wrong size or mount point in bsdinstall(8) gives a usable error message output. Using the wrong partition type is pretty darn vague. - The Handbook does mention partitions and give examples but it's all GPT focused [2]. And there is no big letters saying don't use freebsd-boot for MBR other than it being under sections that say it's a GPT example. Some details showing MBR would be helpful. [2] https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-partitioning.html -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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