From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 14 19:56:15 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2695E902 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:56:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC6AA19 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:56:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.17]) by ltcfislmsgpa07.fnfis.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r1EJu8co019347 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:56:08 -0600 Received: from dtwin (10.242.182.124) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.17) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.309.2; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:56:07 -0600 From: Sender: Devin Teske To: "'Rick Miller'" References: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201EA962E@ltcfiswmsgmb21> In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: about unatteneded installation Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:55:43 -0800 Message-ID: <08fe01ce0aed$477cef20$d676cd60$@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQINplsuTy2Uw0DHtM2Rzx3ME7aNPQJEslt/AqPGJIWX00kqcA== Content-Language: en-us X-Originating-IP: [10.242.182.124] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.9.8327, 1.0.431, 0.0.0000 definitions=2013-02-14_07:2013-02-14,2013-02-14,1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:56:15 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: vrwmiller@gmail.com [mailto:vrwmiller@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Rick > Miller > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:39 AM > To: Teske, Devin > Cc: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Re: about unatteneded installation > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Teske, Devin > wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Rick Miller wrote: > > > > No worries on time lapse. In fact, I had been needing to get back to you on > assuaging those 4 failed > > patch hunks on your sysinstall work. > > > > FreeBSD Druid (both 8.x and 9.x) use sysinstall for disk partitioning. What does > sysinstall use, you say? > > Glad you asked. sysinstall(8) uses a combination of: > > I anticipated this. I am under the impression one cannot force proper > slice alignment on 4K sector drives with sysinstall (see > http://ivoras.net/blog/tree/2011-01-01.freebsd-on-4k-sector-drives.html). > Is it safe to assume that this also applies to 9.x when utilizing > sysinstall based installer? > As previously mentioned, the FreeBSD Druid for FreeBSD 9.x contains gpart in the mfsroot. To make this work under sysinstall, you'd essentially tell sysinstall to use what's "already there" (and by "already there", I mean have a script pre-create the partition layout with gpart prior to installation). There are places (like the "all_install" script) in the FreeBSD Druid that would make this a simple proposition, but I'm afraid that the better solution (according to the article) is to use a "true" 4K-only drive (the article mentions that the problem only comes into play with drives that advertise both 512 and 4K sector sizes). -- Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.