From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jan 23 15:45:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA27417 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 15:45:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (sivka.carrier.kiev.ua [193.125.68.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA27367 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 15:44:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from elvisti.kiev.ua (uucp@localhost) by sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (Sendmail 8.who.cares/5) with UUCP id BAA16069 for doc@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 Jan 1996 01:43:56 +0200 Received: from office.elvisti.kiev.ua (office.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.33]) by spider2.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) with ESMTP id XAA07103 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 23:58:07 +0200 Received: (from stesin@localhost) by office.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) id XAA06847; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 23:57:52 +0200 From: "Andrew V. Stesin" Message-Id: <199601232157.XAA06847@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Subject: Re: Frustrated....doc@freebsd.org To: gfoster@gfoster.com (Glen Foster) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 23:57:52 +0200 (EET) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601231251.HAA12347@nomad.osmre.gov> from "Glen Foster" at Jan 23, 96 07:51:10 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha5] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello Glen and people, # Since the "visual fdisk" part of sysinstall is so much easier to use # than the CLI fdisk, why shouldn't the "visual disklabel" part of # sysinstall be the standard way to BSD partition a slice? I remember # that I did this once, perhaps with 2.0R, does it no longer work? I didn't tried a visual disklabel myself -- and old `disklabel -r -e sdXXX` was Ok for me. Generally (I repeat) I was simply afraid to see my existing filesystems there in it's list and didn't want to check for sure -- will it destroy them or not? :-)) # Also, if one does not have 'options gzip' in the kernel, is gunzip'ing # the sysinstall program and then running it a viable option? If so, I think "no", 'cause it's really a single overbloated binary which is linked to "everything". An addition: Dmitry Kohmanyuk pointed in his e-mail that in case your'e using your disk for FreeBSD _only_ (no other so called "OSes" on it :) you don't need fdisk at all, disklabel alone will be Ok; that's because it writes something appropriate to MBR sector itself. Dear Glen, in case you have a disk now to test all the info you got already, step by step, wouldn't you mind posting a summarized and tested (at least once) metodology to doc@freebsd.org? I hope it will be taken, reviewed and inserted somewhere by docwriters and FAQ maintainers. # # Glen Foster # -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 An undocumented feature is a coding error.