Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:12:06 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Kenta Suzumoto <kentas@hush.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reinstall without reformat Message-ID: <20131014161206.c4bda8cf.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310140740140.86796@wonkity.com> References: <20131013172430.71AA26018E@smtp.hushmail.com> <20131014040742.d03fa5bd.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310132258540.82895@wonkity.com> <20131014072118.8a49bd58.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310140740140.86796@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 07:51:15 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > It is possible to mount filesystems manually from the shell and have > bsdinstall continue with the install without formatting them. It's been > a while since I tried that, and I don't recall the exact details. > bsdinstall(8) suggests it may be as easy as just having the existing > filesystems mounted at /mnt. Still, not something to try without a > backup. So if I understand everything correctly, the "decision logic" is -- when partitions do already exist -- as follows: a) existing partitions not mounted: run newfs mount partitions copy files b) existing partitions mounted: do not run newfs copy files The installer itself doesn't seem to give a hint about this logic, even though the manual _might_ suggest it. I haven't examined the source code to fully verify this logic, even though it would be a reasonable approach. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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