From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri Dec 11 22:22:22 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C426E9D7D4B for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:22:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carsten.kunze@arcor.de) Received: from mail-in-15.arcor-online.net (mail-in-15.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.55]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mx.arcor.de", Issuer "Thawte SSL CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84D991945 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:22:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carsten.kunze@arcor.de) Received: from mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.14]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3pHQnB0WBTzC1S1 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:51:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-in-14.arcor-online.net (mail-in-14.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.54]) by mail-in-02-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07815718138 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:51:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from webmail06.arcor-online.net (webmail06.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.133]) by mail-in-14.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3pHQnB01vpz7NBf for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:51:58 +0100 (CET) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-14.arcor-online.net 3pHQnB01vpz7NBf Received: from [84.179.13.20] by webmail06.arcor-online.net (151.189.8.133) with HTTP (Arcor Webmail); Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:51:57 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:51:57 +0100 (CET) From: Carsten Kunze To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1216457205.228496.1449870717994.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail06.arcor-online.net> In-Reply-To: <1872732466.128678074.1449869697292.JavaMail.zimbra@uoguelph.ca> References: <1872732466.128678074.1449869697292.JavaMail.zimbra@uoguelph.ca> <1812473578.396927.1449851649511.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail08.arcor-online.net> <1951187234.227919.1449866352324.JavaMail.ngmail@webmail06.arcor-online.net> Subject: Aw: Re: Partitioning on a MBR table disk fails (and destroys my data...) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ngMessageSubType: MessageSubType_MAIL X-WebmailclientIP: 84.179.13.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:22:22 -0000 Rick Macklem wrote: > Did you use "Manual" when it gets to the partitioning screen? > When I've done this, after selecting "Manual MBR" (or whatever it's called, > one or two below "Auto"), it should show you the slices > (what FreeBSD calls the 4 MBR partitions): > - Then I select the "freebsd" (move around until it is highlighted one) > and create partitions within it with "Create" at the bottom of the > screen. > (I always have "fun" with the interface, but repeated attempts with > and the arrow keys eventually get me to the right place on the screen;-) I think I did select "auto" which brings me into the "manual" screen after few steps. It does show the slices and does even show NTFS and Linux partitions inside the extended partition (I have 3 primary MBR partitions, first is freebsd, then two NTFS, then an extendet with further NTFS and Linux). The first 10MB of the first slice (freebsd) had been cleared with "dd if=/dev/zero of=...". When I put the cursor line on this slice and select "create" it doesn't allow me to create the freebsd-ufs for "/". > Good luck with it, rick > ps: If it doesn't show the slices,I'm guessing the MBR doesn't make sense > to > FreeBSD's fdisk. You can go to "" instead of "" and > then > try typing "fdisk". I did try the shell and typed "fdisk" and "disklabel" but this did not work as known from other BSDs. The actually issue is that I can't create something in the found freebsd slice. In the past I did simply remove this slice and added a new one (since the free space on the disk had exactly been what I wanted to use). But now the seemingly free space is not actually completely free so I'd like to not delete the slice. The installer should support using this slice. Carsten