From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 10 16:57:51 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 43353106566B for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:57:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sektie@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f186.google.com (mail-px0-f186.google.com [209.85.216.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 145498FC08 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:57:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi16 with SMTP id 16so142862pxi.29 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:57:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=I9e1/wJD0ANqXnBad5v87NQ98QXW4AzykzFVRDm8fOU=; b=ou0MK2ZtRNEsLq6tbEmWZoH72Cd8AiR64qhKmQ4SlmI4hmTtFnMSZkk0Bi/GIlf8Pk BPyHAUOvbk7IAR7K0Uvv38/M4b5duE/8wMrtZQGtrOOgELRglRT3vAN6/PEgDWVv3dhM QmDRAz4W3Pxx/7SN2jF6mZ94iH+0pvU8nx1Hc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=iNVOZ9ed7GzfjeeDq16UUh8gRqobSnIBRHryxDyNDMcpzXq0QwMojgvQRsodeleUxz 714RnMmS8OOrI6DNIXoKfVTNb0krVhbH7PUIGIgVNBR3g1jigWSiXM+hbH3Uqsv5rqJF RtmIDorQrW+z9ngv4yevMDa97x1JOKVDzqbsY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: sektie@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.7.3 with SMTP id 3mr36114wfg.126.1257872267402; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:57:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <200911091640.35419.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <4AF7D802.7030401@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <200911091640.35419.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:57:47 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 97b089df693aa22f Message-ID: From: Randi Harper To: "Daniel O'Connor" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "O. Hartmann" , 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: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:57:51 -0000 On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > [ -current CC dropped ] > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, O. Hartmann wrote: > > 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. > > Is there a howto (I searched the wiki and lists without success)? I > > read a lot about how to install FreeBSD on op of a complete ZFS > > infrastructure, but key issue seems to be a hands-on partitioning of > > the target haddrive via the fixit procedure. > > sysinstall does not [yet] do GPT partitions, I believe someone is > working on patches but I have no idea what state they are in. > > Progressing nicely, but still quite a ways off from being ready. ;) -- randi