Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:58:15 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDInstall ISO images Message-ID: <4D2B0267.6020505@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20110109030056.0000613f@unknown> References: <4D28EB32.9090807@freebsd.org> <20110109030056.0000613f@unknown>
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On 01/08/2011 20:00, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:54:42 -0600 > Nathan Whitehorn<nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> I would appreciate any comments or test results. > Trying to create a 200GB freebsd partition in an MBR or BSD scheme on a > 200GB disk results in the message "Invalid argument. size > '419430400'" - it looks like it's trying to create a partition > slightly too big, because 198GB works. Trying to delete a partition > results in the message "Device busy". Trying to revert also results in > an error message, but the revert does happen despite text messages > overwriting the ncurses window. > > The only other thing I noticed is that some of the windows look a bit > small so there's just one word per line. That raises the question: The computer industry has given in and generally says 'G' mean 10^9 not 2^30. The latter is what Gi means. While bletcherous to my eye, I think we should consider adopting this standard at some point. Warner
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