Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:57:47 -0800 From: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer: missing GEOM/gpart capabilities slicing disk? Message-ID: <e277d6c80911100857p4bf5953ai1737d3c3d2e7dd0e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200911091640.35419.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <4AF7D802.7030401@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <200911091640.35419.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>wrote: > [ -current CC dropped ] > On Mon, 9 Nov 2009, O. Hartmann wrote: > > I try to install a fresh new FreeBSD 8.0-RC2 (from snapshot-DVD) on a > > barndnew harddrive. As far as I recall partitioning a disk is now > > done via gpart and the limitation of having only 8 (-2) partitions > > from a through h except b and c is now obsoleted. When dropping into > > the installation process, I realised that the 8 partition boundary is > > still present. > > Is there a howto (I searched the wiki and lists without success)? I > > read a lot about how to install FreeBSD on op of a complete ZFS > > infrastructure, but key issue seems to be a hands-on partitioning of > > the target haddrive via the fixit procedure. > > sysinstall does not [yet] do GPT partitions, I believe someone is > working on patches but I have no idea what state they are in. > > Progressing nicely, but still quite a ways off from being ready. ;) -- randi
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