On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhia...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 08:03, Robert Simmons <rsimmo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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 >> > > This is interesting and here is my question: > > Taking the above example from Matthias, assume that I have done everything > including installing the bootcode, then I realize I am not happy with the > scheme and I need to change. > How do I wipe the whole thing in one go so that I can start afresh? > > gpart destroy ad4 ??
Yes, but first you must delete all of the slices/partitions. Think of it this way: you must go backwards down the path you just came with a delete for each add, then a destroy for each create. > Why is there no sysinstall-style GUI for gpart? Hopefully, because sysinstall is soon going to be taken out back and shot, and its replacement will be gpart-aware and therefore GPT-aware. _______________________________________________ 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"
