From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jan 20 0:40:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.x-treme.gr (mx2.x-treme.gr [212.120.192.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F76153CC for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 00:40:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from localhost.hell.gr (pat39.x-treme.gr [212.120.197.231]) by mx2.x-treme.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3/IPNG-ADV-ANTISPAM-0.1) with ESMTP id KAA14923; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:39:47 +0200 Received: (from charon@localhost) by localhost.hell.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA02913; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 08:25:44 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 08:25:44 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Mark Shirley Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: need updated sysinstall Message-ID: <20000120082544.A2879@hades.hell.gr> Reply-To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr References: <20000118215942.X394@cyberfrg.access.one.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3i In-Reply-To: <20000118215942.X394@cyberfrg.access.one.net> X-PGP-Fingerprint: 62 45 D1 C9 26 F9 95 06 D6 21 2A C8 8C 16 C0 8E Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 09:59:42PM -0500, Mark Shirley wrote: > > my intention is not to update the entire system, i just want an > updated sysinstall with bug fixes for general system configureation > and partitioning. Oh, but you can use the cvsup'ed sources to build sysinstall if that's your intention. But I seem to prefer fdisk(8) after the installation is completed. I keep a hardcopy of the following lines in a drawer near by: # Use with: fdisk -f FILE # NUM TYPE START LENGTH p 1 165 63 8289477 p 2 165 8289540 2040255 p 3 165 10329795 2040255 p 4 165 12370050 224910 a 1 This has saved my ass quite a few times, when I needed to change the partition table, giving temporarily a partition to Linux, or that "other" OS. Of course, that was before I dedicated the entire disk to FreeBSD ;) Ciao. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > "Don't let your schooling interfere with your education." [Mark Twain] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message