From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 1 08:03:18 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA097106564A for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2012 08:03:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john.marshall@riverwillow.com.au) Received: from mail1.riverwillow.net.au (mail1.riverwillow.net.au [203.58.93.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2202D8FC08 for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2012 08:03:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.25.24.201] (rwpc15.mby.riverwillow.net.au [172.25.24.201]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail1.riverwillow.net.au (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q81837Zd072253 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2012 18:03:09 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=riverwillow.com.au; s=m1001; t=1346486589; bh=mBQU3xSfY8q73V+tORBBxHaavYdfFkFGFGmSDVqsGvs=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=vynThirvO+hLHXU0wD9swTIxvhc/aj86b7cQvhQXpF8PxE4swnPRboSMxAxi1uvi9 W4x8FQmRI4L+9XCsKgpSQ5MnKNAfONeFkkZaVwWYYLLxkl2VmxT3BiHrYqUpa05Tjq i7y2+NpVYX5UfR4d0mLaQiLH1KJ+H4Vy0I6H7KCo= Message-ID: <5041C131.90402@riverwillow.com.au> Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:02:57 +1000 From: John Marshall Organization: Riverwillow Pty Ltd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120812 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <1345697446.84337.11.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <20120831182617.GC2990@albert.catwhisker.org> <50412248.30107@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <50412248.30107@quip.cz> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.3 OpenPGP: id=A29A84A2; url=http://pki.riverwillow.com.au/pgp/johnmarshall.asc Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD3513EEEDA2FD71A7E5AE06E" Subject: Re: 9.1-RC1 installer [was: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available...] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2012 08:03:18 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD3513EEEDA2FD71A7E5AE06E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've just installed an Intel server from a 9.1-RC1 CD. This was my first encounter with the new installer. I didn't like the look of what the Auto option showed me for drive partitioning, so I tried Manual and found that confusing. I ended up choosing the Shell option for drive partitioning and carved up the drive exactly as I wanted it, including setting the active partition [bootme], using gpart(8) and newfs(8). Upon entering the shell from the menu, a comprehensive message was printed explaining that, after I had finished creating the new filesystems, I would need to create an fstab file and then mount the newly-created filesystems. I followed those instructions and, when I exited the shell, watched the installation proceed flawlessly and then booted the new system. So, my installation had a happy ending. I didn't end up with a brick but I gave up on the menu-driven filesystem creation. --=20 John Marshall --------------enigD3513EEEDA2FD71A7E5AE06E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlBBwTsACgkQw/tAaKKahKJScgCfePkgDJbDIHRXEo2mAWWTu2UA ZNAAoMLC/7cSFTERdVu7BuaowsrzZBof =c74V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD3513EEEDA2FD71A7E5AE06E--