From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Sun Jul 26 19:47:03 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@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 C7F659ABF22; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:47:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8BE91B1F; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:47:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t6QJl3XF032354; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:47:03 GMT (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gjb@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t6QJl3ei032353; Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:47:03 GMT (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201507261947.t6QJl3ei032353@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: gjb set sender to gjb@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Glen Barber Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:47:03 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r285896 - head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:47:03 -0000 Author: gjb Date: Sun Jul 26 19:47:02 2015 New Revision: 285896 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/285896 Log: Document r285679, bsdinstall(8) updates to workaround various problematic BIOSes when booting from GPT, and partition scheme selection in the UFS partition menu. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sun Jul 26 17:57:53 2015 (r285895) +++ head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml Sun Jul 26 19:47:02 2015 (r285896) @@ -540,6 +540,19 @@ The &man.bsdinstall.8; utility has been updated to use the new &man.dpv.3; library to display progress when extracting the &os; distributions. + + Support for detecting and implementing + a workaround for various laptops and motherboards that do not + boot properly from GPT-partitioned disks + has been added to &man.bsdinstall.8;. Additionally, the + active flag will be set on the partition + when needed. + + Support for selecting the partitioning + scheme when installing on the UFS + filesystem has been added to &man.bsdinstall.8;.