Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:56:26 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 198380] Can't install using MBR Message-ID: <bug-198380-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=198380 Bug ID: 198380 Summary: Can't install using MBR Product: Base System Version: 10.1-RELEASE Hardware: i386 OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: blake1024@gmail.com I am trying to install FreeBSD 10.1 Release on a 10 year old 32 bit machine with 400GB disk and 3+ GB memory. It ran Linux for years without a problem. I installed using the GUI install program. I accepted all of the defaults. Everything installed fine but then the system wouldn't boot. I presume that is because I should use MBR instead of GPT. Here is where all the problems start. When you change to MBR you have to manually configure the partitions (slices). Fine. I create the BSD MBR just fine. I created: ada0 MBR Then I created: ada0s1 BSD but when I go into ada0s1, it will only accept freebsd-ufs. I can't create freebsd-boot or freebsd-swap. It keeps telling me "invalid argument". I have spent hours trying to boot a basic machine with no luck. Sure appreciate some help. Blake McBride -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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