Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 14:17:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net> To: Lee Harr <missive@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation on a single partition Message-ID: <20040516125551.H38128@byx0rm.mr-clevver.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY2-F151z4oAbhYS2g00019752@hotmail.com> References: <BAY2-F151z4oAbhYS2g00019752@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, 16 May 2004, Lee Harr wrote: > >I'd like to install FreeBSD on a single partition, how can I do that? > >The sys/installer complains about a missing swap partition, (I'd rather > >use swap files though). > > > > > I have never tried this. It is very possible that the installer cannot > work without creating a separate swap partition. > > What you might try is using 2 disks. > > Install normally on to one disk, then copy the installation over to > the disk that you really want to use, remove the swap partition > from the fstab, and create the swapfiles you want to use. Are you referring to BIOS partitions or BSD partitions? If you are refering to a BIOS partition, this is equivalent to a BSD slice and the BSD partitions are created within it during the installation. During a normal installation, sysinstall will create a single slice (BIOS partition) to hold the BSD partitions unless you instruct it otherwise, so this will not be a problem. If you are referring to BSD partitions, I guess you could try removing the default swap space created when partitioning then creating and configuring the swap file before rebooting at the end of installation. Cheers, Viktor
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