From owner-freebsd-ia64 Thu Feb 13 18:19: 6 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFD6537B405 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:19:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from caduceus.sc.intel.com (fmr04.intel.com [143.183.121.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C8D43F85 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:19:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adsharma@unix-os.sc.intel.com) Received: from petasus.sc.intel.com (petasus.sc.intel.com [10.3.253.4]) by caduceus.sc.intel.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/d: outer.mc,v 1.51 2002/09/23 20:43:23 dmccart Exp $) with ESMTP id h1E2I4f02655; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 02:18:04 GMT Received: from unix-os.sc.intel.com (unix-os.sc.intel.com [143.183.96.244]) by petasus.sc.intel.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/d: inner.mc,v 1.28 2003/01/13 19:44:39 dmccart Exp $) with ESMTP id h1E2I8R01415; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 02:18:08 GMT Received: from unix-os.sc.intel.com.intel.com (adsharma-mobl3.sc.intel.com [143.183.130.51]) by unix-os.sc.intel.com (8.11.6/8.11.2) with ESMTP id h1E2J3r20106; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 18:19:03 -0800 To: Marcel Moolenaar Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ia64 install problems WAS: install on Dell Precision Work Station 730 References: <03781128C7B74B4DBC27C55859C9D7380B9DDB5D@es06snlnt.sandia.gov> <20030210203522.GA543@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> From: Arun Sharma Date: 13 Feb 2003 18:19:02 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20030210203522.GA543@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> Message-ID: Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Marcel Moolenaar writes: > 2. The installer does not know how to create GPT based partitions yet. > If a machine already has a GPT, it's probably a good idea to pre- > partition. The installer should be smart enough to detect and use > a GPT based FreeBSD partition. Note that the installer still insists > on having a disklabel, so the GPT partition type should then be: > 516e7cb4-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b > Don't worry if I'm not making sense to you :-) What's the recommended tool to set the GPT partition type ? -Arun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message