Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:44:15 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 232845] Better support for MBR partition requested in FreeBSD installer Message-ID: <bug-232845-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D232845 Bug ID: 232845 Summary: Better support for MBR partition requested in FreeBSD installer Product: Base System Version: 10.4-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: kern Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: bourne.identity@hotmail.com I think there is a problem with the FreeBSD installer which can only be sor= ted out by reworking its opening stages. For MBR users, FreeBSD installer enforces a mandatory slice which has to be nested containing at least one partition (for /).=20 This is wrong. Let's say the user wants to install FreeBSD on ada0s3. The user should instead be getting prompted : a) Do you want to set up a FreeBSD slice in the chosen primary partition ? = Or, b) Do you want to the entire chosen primary partition to serve as / ? In case of a), the installer should work as it currently does already - set= ting up / (UFS) on ada0s3a. In case of b), the installer should set up / (UFS) on ada0s3 (not ada0s3a). In case of b), if the user needs any extra filesystems, those can be found = in the EBR, just as with Linux. Generally, FreeBSD should move away from the B= SD nesting schema in the coming times, offering it only as an option. I would = like UFS to work under MBR just as it does under GPT - unnested. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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