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On 03/29/14 03:25, Warren Block wrote:

> Yes.  The better solution is to use GPT partitions, though.

I tried, but the  sysinstall does not work with GPT; I know sysinstall 
is obsolete, but unfortunately I had to install an 8.4 this time.

In the end I was able to correctly align the partitions with the 
traditional BSD scheme.

Thanks for your help.

  bye
	av.