Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:36:39 +0200 From: Marius Nuennerich <marius.nuennerich@gmx.net> To: Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> Subject: Re: BSDInstaller snapshot Message-ID: <20060516223639.0637dd0e@sol> In-Reply-To: <20060516230400.5178bcdf.rosti.bsd@gmail.com> References: <20060515150504.44b3a065.rosti.bsd@gmail.com> <4468FA1C.7040105@fubar.geek.nz> <20060516084310.05af8de4.rosti.bsd@gmail.com> <20060516202529.1d725675@sol> <20060516230400.5178bcdf.rosti.bsd@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 16 May 2006 23:04:00 +0300 Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 16 May 2006 20:25:29 +0200 > Marius Nuennerich <marius.nuennerich@gmx.net> wrote: > > > On Tue, 16 May 2006 08:43:10 +0300 > > Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 16 May 2006 10:01:00 +1200 > > > Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> wrote: > > > > > > > Rostislav Krasny wrote: > > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/16.png > > > > > > > > > > I think this menu should be changed, so one could select not only the > > > > > slice size but also where it begins. Ideally this should be defined by > > > > > three numbers: 'start sector', 'end sector' and 'size in sectors'. > > > > > Changing the 'size in sectors' should also change the 'end sector', and > > > > > changing 'start sector' or 'end sector' should also change the 'size in > > > > > sectors', automatically. > > > > > > > > > The start position is defined by the previous "partitions" (bsd slices) > > > > on the disk. > > > > I would like to change it to accept size in MB, GB, TB, etc. > > > > > > And if one wants to reserve some unallocated space at the beginning of > > > the disk? I understand, you're trying to make partitioning a simple task > > > but sometimes doing it by an advanced way may also be needed. One, who > > > wants to partition the disk by the simple way, will use just the third > > > number, i.e. the size (in sectors or in MB). > > > > Why not just use 16 sectors offset like bsdlabel -w does? > > What do you mean? I was talking about making BSD slices. Sorry, I misread that. I just noticed the bsdinstaller (just like sysinstall) creates no offset for the first bsd partition in a slice, whereas bsdlabel -w does. regards Marius
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