From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 9 20:37:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1066A1065670; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:37:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout028.mac.com (asmtpout028.mac.com [17.148.16.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F13308FC12; Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:37:05 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from macbook-pro.jnpr.net (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp028.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KSU00KQGZXIT800@asmtp028.mac.com>; Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:36:56 -0800 (PST) From: Marcel Moolenaar In-reply-to: <4AF7D802.7030401@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:36:54 -0800 Message-id: <32916A26-60CF-457A-9F61-67DB295A4D9C@mac.com> References: <4AF7D802.7030401@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: "O. Hartmann" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1076) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:37:06 -0000 On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:51 AM, O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello. > I try to install a fresh new FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 (from snapshot-DVD) on > a barndnew harddrive. As far as I recall partitioning a disk is now > done via gpart and the limitation of having only 8 (-2) partitions > from a through h except b and c is now obsoleted. When dropping into > the installation process, I realised that the 8 partition boundary > is still present. sysinstall does not use gpart nor the kernel interface that GEOM_PART exposes. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com