Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:34:16 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More sysinstall questions 1 of 2 Message-ID: <20100204003416.995f0cdd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201002032301.o13N1qoC037310@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <201002032301.o13N1qoC037310@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:01:52 -0600, Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote: > The commit does not format the disk. There is no "last > chance" prompt. It goes right to the download and proceeds to > install FreeBSD all over mfs. This seems to be obvious because no changes have been made to the disk (i. e. no slicing, no MBRin, no partitioning). > The CDROM for installing FreeBSD correctly formats the > drive and installs the OS on that very same box. My first > question is why doesn't the mfs do the same thing? This is a matter of what has been selected within the partition editor. If not "UFS2+S Y" is set, no formatting process will take place. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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