Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 08:39:31 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning with gpart or old style slices? Message-ID: <BANLkTimgfejSW-BjmT-XUFJc-EaKOzAYMg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201106050103.47416.rsimmons0@gmail.com> References: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106042039240.34792@wonkity.com> <20110605044021.GA2213@tinyCurrent> <201106050103.47416.rsimmons0@gmail.com>
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--bcaec52156639e79c404a4f06b46 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 08:03, Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sunday, June 05, 2011 12:40:22 AM Matthias Apitz wrote: > > Since some time I'm as well using gpart(8) to setup new systems with the > > following sequence: > > > > # gpart create -s mbr ad4 # Init the disk with an MBR > > # gpart add -t freebsd ad4 # Create a BSD container > > # gpart create -s bsd ad4s1 # Init with a BSD scheme > > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1G ad4s1 # 1GB for / > > # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -s 2G ad4s1 # 2GB for swap > > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 2G ad4s1 # 2GB for /var > > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1G ad4s1 # 1GB for /tmp > > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs ad4s1 # all rest for /usr > > # gpart set -a active -i 1 ad4 > > > > But the result is not ready for boot after install the kernel and > > system; I allways have to go again with the sysinstall(8) tool to set > > the 'A' flag; don't know what I'm missing (and the man page is not very > > instructive on this); thanks > > You need to install the bootcode: > > This will install the interactive one: > gpart bootcode -b /mnt2/boot/boot0 ad4 > > this will install the non-interactive one: > gpart bootcode -b /mnt2/boot/mbr ad4 > This is interesting and here is my question: Taking the above example from Matthias, assume that I have done everything including installing the bootcode, then I realize I am not happy with the scheme and I need to change. How do I wipe the whole thing in one go so that I can start afresh? gpart destroy ad4 ?? Why is there no sysinstall-style GUI for gpart? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. Please consider the environment before printing this email. --bcaec52156639e79c404a4f06b46--
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