Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:28:29 +0200 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9-beta1 installer - partition editor Message-ID: <4E6E332D.8030404@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <j4kt1s$7oo$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <j3ikuq$ec1$1@dough.gmane.org> <4E5CEF79.7070508@freebsd.org> <j3ju0s$kuo$1@dough.gmane.org> <4E5D82FC.2020909@freebsd.org> <j3l1rf$3s6$2@dough.gmane.org> <4E5E2D01.3000400@freebsd.org> <CAF-QHFWDVjkT5Rt4WZU5u61SUCZbVbxd9yVzhMWuq%2BR-fACXWA@mail.gmail.com> <4E5E3895.4090400@freebsd.org> <j4kt1s$7oo$1@dough.gmane.org>
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On 09/12/11 14:13, Ivan Voras wrote: > Unfortunately, I continue to have problems with the partitioner part of > the installer in the BETA2 image. See the (unchanged) problem > screenshots here: > > http://ivoras.imgur.com/freebsd_installer_2 > > See also the screenshots of the entire process here (on BETA1): > > http://ivoras.imgur.com/installer__partitioner > > I am no longer trying to create a swap partition but still: > > 1) I cannot proceed without specifying a root partition > 2) I cannot specify the root partition (the dialog ignores it). > > If this doesn't get solved, it makes FreeBSD uninstallable in this case. > There may be some kind of interference between the existing MBR scheme > and the operations that the installer attempts to do. > This was resolved earlier -- you cannot install onto just MBR without a bsdlabel. This has never been supported, and worked only by accident before. *As it tells you* you need to create sub-partitions. -Nathan
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