Re: Trying to install current from a memory stick and then a DVD

Quoting Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>:

> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:46 AM, eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote:
>
>> That makes two of us right now.  I gave up, accepted the automatic
>> partition and everything else went as expected, I suppose.  The disk resu=
lts
>> are:
>>
>> # df
>> Filesystem  1K-blocks    Used     Avail Capacity  Mounted on
>> /dev/ada0p2 941441086 2150880 863974920     0%    /
>> devfs               1       1         0   100%    /dev
>>
>> In my world from the beginning of commercial unix, I have never had a one
>> partition disk.  I'm not sure if it is that bad with today's, controllers=
,
>> drives, drivers, etc.  I hope someone chimes in with a "I see no major
>> problems with gpt."
>>
>> My major problem was editing the automatic swap that was set at 4G and th=
e
>> menu would not let me change the 4G.  The experienced option would not
>> accept a blank value as swap even though there was message that said it
>> would.
>>
>> I feel like a real idiot and am beginning to believe that it might be tru=
e.
>> The rest of the install was brain dead.  It was possibly a bit simpler th=
an
>> the previous.  Less decisions ;)
>>
>> I had the idea the following were available in the new installer.
>>  1.  Raid configuration
>>  2.  ZFS
>>  3.  Regular everyday simple disk partitioning as before.
>>
>> I wasn't able to find any functional option except the one mentioned abov=
e.
>>
>> Now, I have to accept this single partition or upgrade sources to date,
>> build a release and reinstall but I don't know if the problem has been
>> fixed.  I'll probably give it a try.  It isn't that much of a deal.
>>
>
> Hopefully I add something of value to this thread, but as a workaround you
> can use a PCBSD image and installer to install/partion plain vanilla FreeB=
SD
> with the options you mentioned earlier in a graphical enviroment.

Thanks Adam,

I suppose that I could just pull it into this machine and execute it =20
as if it were sysinstall and reconfigure from the same box without =20
having to update, make release, etc.

I'm going to give that a try.

Have a great day.

ed
>
> --
> Adam Vande More
>

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