Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:36:54 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk? Message-ID: <32916A26-60CF-457A-9F61-67DB295A4D9C@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4AF7D802.7030401@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4AF7D802.7030401@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:51 AM, O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello. > 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. sysinstall does not use gpart nor the kernel interface that GEOM_PART exposes. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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