From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 12 16:28:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 406881065673; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:28:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from adsum.doit.wisc.edu (adsum.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10E428FC0A; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:28:36 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LRF00L064FONZ00@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:28:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (AAnnecy-157-1-99-204.w90-4.abo.wanadoo.fr [90.4.178.204]) by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LRF007KP4FIV940@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:28:32 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:28:29 +0200 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: To: Ivan Voras Message-id: <4E6E332D.8030404@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=90.4.178.204 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-9, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.9.12.161814, SenderIP=90.4.178.204 References: <4E5CEF79.7070508@freebsd.org> <4E5D82FC.2020909@freebsd.org> <4E5E2D01.3000400@freebsd.org> <4E5E3895.4090400@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20110905 Thunderbird/6.0.1 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9-beta1 installer - partition editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:28:37 -0000 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