From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 27 17:08:01 2012 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 DB48D106566C for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:08:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrwmiller@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gh0-f182.google.com (mail-gh0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 931FB8FC16 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:08:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghbz22 with SMTP id z22so1357618ghb.13 for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:07:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=bbpILdZl0HmiW4AhQW5t4DuBPNEce30Wcv3M2EUnBBA=; b=lHZBxyPaki5qYaAVUtLMC629SBsS1nI24D7Bnl7JSPPAnmqSnWLgkruZu3Z3DybUf/ 4sm9WZPYGcC3cYJEw5zGccJ7hxfgXMqehKF6GhDWaJeoO+fYS+qrJBn8r5rXaCSu4N6l L406lYxZLZuUWpzRMEHOfpQoGKyMOPXOXr6WuOFuwBBpGL7VuDYA8CvVtpRj2/J43M3X g5zIP3+EcO+mLgtr8KRaqEPBmyhS7YLvZjLq1spnq7HudAiPzQVmP1Vq8nUTbq00s1sX JjBT5DZ9l8hHdeJ3F8NM+6y6+aMaxFQ1JCdj98YUklb1xhXdL2gKTzict/eU/RyhjOXd TmLg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.22.201 with SMTP id g9mr21347468oef.8.1340816875263; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:07:55 -0700 (PDT) Sender: vrwmiller@gmail.com Received: by 10.182.10.34 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:07:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:07:55 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: H7mSz14s6k2zLvif_A3MXGF4e1Y Message-ID: From: Rick Miller To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: sysinstall diskPartitionEditor Question 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: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:08:01 -0000 On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Rick Miller wr= ote: > Hi All, > > I'd like to set the offset/starting cylinder in install.cfg so that > partitions begin on appropriate boundaries. =A0The applicable section of > install.cfg looks like the following. =A0My assumption is that I need to > make the changes in the "partition" section. =A0Is this correct? =A0Is th= e > format of this value the same as a typical fdisk config file? After copious amounts of reading and experimenting. It seems as though diskPartitionEdit doesn't support specifying a starting cylinder. When I specify partition=3Dall, it starts that slice at sector 63. I'd like to start it at 64 or above. Is it feasible to include gpart in the mfsroot and use that to partition the drive before sysinstall continues with the installation? --=20 Take care Rick Miller