On Sunday, June 05, 2011 12:40:22 AM Matthias Apitz wrote: > Since some time I'm as well using gpart(8) to setup new systems with the > following sequence: > > # gpart create -s mbr ad4 # Init the disk with an MBR > # gpart add -t freebsd ad4 # Create a BSD container > # gpart create -s bsd ad4s1 # Init with a BSD scheme > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1G ad4s1 # 1GB for / > # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -s 2G ad4s1 # 2GB for swap > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 2G ad4s1 # 2GB for /var > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1G ad4s1 # 1GB for /tmp > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs ad4s1 # all rest for /usr > # gpart set -a active -i 1 ad4 > > But the result is not ready for boot after install the kernel and > system; I allways have to go again with the sysinstall(8) tool to set > the 'A' flag; don't know what I'm missing (and the man page is not very > instructive on this); thanks
You need to install the bootcode: This will install the interactive one: gpart bootcode -b /mnt2/boot/boot0 ad4 this will install the non-interactive one: gpart bootcode -b /mnt2/boot/mbr ad4 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
