Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:23:24 -0400 From: <scratch65535@att.net> To: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I went to install 11.1 yesterday Message-ID: <9mdjpcdd1q710f42h1uhea560fkrhp96hk@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB120037929EA724DE68FB413DF6860@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <r1tipchkl9f5gocskaeq5ih8lh66efado2@4ax.com> <VI1PR02MB12006C3442F8F1420CD69EF6F6860@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <6b6jpchbfp3u3pfqsa034on2mqjc2s2im2@4ax.com> <VI1PR02MB120037929EA724DE68FB413DF6860@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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[Default] On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:09:13 +0000, Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >On 08/20/17 19:57, scratch65535@att.net wrote: >> That's quite interesting! What led me to believe it is that, >> after installing windows, which required creating and formatting >> an MBR partition, I tried to install 11.1 on the rest of the >> disc. The first choice I was given was whole disc or partition. >> I chose partition, of course. Whereupon it told me that MBR >> isn't supported, and that I could either permit it to consume the >> whole disc (for GPT, though it didn't actually say that), or back >> up and choose differently. Functionally, the only choices on >> offer were whole disc or quit. I quit. >> > >Are you using UFS or ZFS for the root filesystem ? UFS. Not much point in choosing ZFS without copies= as a precondition. Or a spare drive for a mirror.
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