Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 10:31:24 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0? Message-ID: <1353835884.2773.27.camel@q> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211242000360.17779@wonkity.com> References: <1353795280.2662.12.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211242000360.17779@wonkity.com>
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On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 20:06 -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > I use the amd64 install DVD. > > > > With or without deleting, I can't format a bootable FreeBSD partition to > > ada0s1, aka Linux /dev/sda1. FWIW if I reinstall GRUB legacy > > to /dev/sda, the boot flag will be set for the extended > > partition. /dev/sda1 is an empty ext3 partition, size 57.83 GiB. > > Delete it, or set it to type 0xa5. I think the first is probably better > for bsdinstall to see it as available. Expect boot loaders to be > overwritten, so make a backup, preferably of everything. It already was deleted for the last attempts. Another day, fortunately I've got much time, so I'll read how to use the shell for partitioning. I don't know if I'm an idiot or if the installer is broken, most likely I'm an idiot + the installer is broken. Regards, Ralf
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