On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Fbsd8 wrote:
> deeptec...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Fbsd8 wrote:
>>>
>>> 6. At the "Complete screen" when the reboot option is selected the
>>> cd/dvd drive should automatically open so the install media can be
>>> removed just like sysinstall does. If disc1.iso or dv
On Sunday, September 25, 2011 4:16:51 am Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Other issue is the 64 KB boot partition, which does not boot for me.
>
> There ought to be an option, or is there already, to omit the boot
partition.
>
> Sysinstall had such an option, to not install the boot loader, since user
c
On 23/09/2011 04:49, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 08:26:47AM + I heard the voice of
> Thomas Mueller, and lo! it spake thus:
>>
>> I don't think there is any particular advantage in aligning GPT
>> partitions on 1 MB boundaries.
>
> No, but it's bg, and rund! (ht
Chris Rees wrote:
On 25 September 2011 14:01, Fbsd8 wrote:
deeptec...@gmail.com wrote:
Fbsd8 wrote:
[...]
the reboot starts. Don't let the reboot occur until the memstick is
removed.
Do NOT alter! More often than not,
(1) you keep floppies, optical discs, and memory sticks in your
compu
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Gary Jennejohn
wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:30:49 -0500
> Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
>> > More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall:
>> >
>> > There is no upgrade function. How will a user be able to upgrade to BETA3
>> > (or RC1?) without wiping out BE
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
>>> More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall:
>>>
>>> There is no upgrade function. How will a user be able to upgrade to
>>> BETA3 (or RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation?
>>>
>
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote:
More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall:
There is no upgrade function. How will a user be able to upgrade to BETA3 (or
RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation?
For instance, user might have built many software applications from ports
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:30:49 -0500
Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall:
> >
> > There is no upgrade function. How will a user be able to upgrade to BETA3
> > (or RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation?
> >
> > For instance, user might have built man
On 25 September 2011 14:01, Fbsd8 wrote:
> deeptec...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> Fbsd8 wrote:
>>>
>>> 6. At the "Complete screen" when the reboot option is selected the
>>> cd/dvd drive should automatically open so the install media can be
>>> removed just like sysinstall does. If disc1.iso or dvd.iso
deeptec...@gmail.com wrote:
Fbsd8 wrote:
6. At the "Complete screen" when the reboot option is selected the
cd/dvd drive should automatically open so the install media can be
removed just like sysinstall does. If disc1.iso or dvd.iso was installed
to memstick and used to boot from to install the
> More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall:
>
> There is no upgrade function. How will a user be able to upgrade to BETA3
> (or RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation?
>
> For instance, user might have built many software applications from ports and
> not want to rebuild everything.
More concerns and questions onthe new bsdinstall:
There is no upgrade function. How will a user be able to upgrade to BETA3 (or
RC1?) without wiping out BETA2 installation?
For instance, user might have built many software applications from ports and
not want to rebuild everything.
Other issu
Fbsd8 wrote:
> 6. At the "Complete screen" when the reboot option is selected the
> cd/dvd drive should automatically open so the install media can be
> removed just like sysinstall does. If disc1.iso or dvd.iso was installed
> to memstick and used to boot from to install the system, then a message
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 08:26:47AM + I heard the voice of
Thomas Mueller, and lo! it spake thus:
>
> I don't think there is any particular advantage in aligning GPT
> partitions on 1 MB boundaries.
No, but it's bg, and rund! (http://dilbert.com/fast/1994-03-24/)
It's a nice round nu
1MB is a magic number. It works with advanced format disks, traditional disks,
some odd SSD and most raid configurations.
Lucas Holt
On Sep 21, 2011, at 4:26 AM, "Thomas Mueller" wrote:
>> From "Matthew D. Fuller" :
>
>> I've been meaning to mention this, but we really should document
>> som
Forgot to add this for reference earlier:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd758814%28v=sql.100%29.aspx
"Valid Starting Partition Offsets" has some justification for the 1M
offset.
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On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Thomas Mueller wrote:
From "Matthew D. Fuller" :
I've been meaning to mention this, but we really should document
somewhere that it has a _MAXIMUM_ size.
I setup a system a few weeks back with GPT, and figured I'd just make
the first 'real' partition start at the 1 meg
>From "Matthew D. Fuller" :
> I've been meaning to mention this, but we really should document
> somewhere that it has a _MAXIMUM_ size.
> I setup a system a few weeks back with GPT, and figured I'd just make
> the first 'real' partition start at the 1 meg mark. And make
> everything before tha
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 04:23:49PM +1000 I heard the voice of
Peter Jeremy, and lo! it spake thus:
> On 2011-Sep-19 13:25:27 +0100, Bruce Cran wrote:
> >Will 64 kB be enough for 9.x?
>
> At least for x86 architectures, it seems adequate. [...]
>
> As for size, I'd suggest that if the default fr
><"Thomas Mueller
There was a typo on my part that I failed to correct, missing > at the end of
From: "Thomas Mueller" and others on the boot
partition:
So the 64 KB boot partition, nonbootable on my computer, is for legacy BIOS and
no good on UEFI?
But I was able to boot the installation m
On 2011-Sep-19 13:25:27 +0100, Bruce Cran wrote:
>I seem to remember (perhaps incorrectly) there was a discussion about
>bumping the default to 128 kB or more for the freebsd-boot partition.
>Will 64 kB be enough for 9.x?
At least for x86 architectures, it seems adequate. The GPT loaders
are 1
Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
On 09/19/11 02:52, Fbsd8 wrote:
Kevin Oberman wrote:
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM, <"Thomas Mueller
wrote:
Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind.
Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is
unpredictable, at least to the uninitiated, and
On 18/09/2011 10:55, "Thomas Mueller
Also, I can't see the function of the 64 KB boot partition with no file system,
which does not boot for me, though I can boot the main partition using grub2
from the System Rescue CD (http://sysresccd.org/).
I seem to remember (perhaps incorrectly) there w
On 09/19/11 02:52, Fbsd8 wrote:
Kevin Oberman wrote:
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM, <"Thomas Mueller
wrote:
Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind.
Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is
unpredictable, at least to the uninitiated, and in all likelihood at
var
on 18/09/2011 23:18 Kevin Oberman said the following:
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM, <"Thomas Mueller
> wrote:
>> Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind.
>>
>> Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at
>> least to the uninitiated, and in all lik
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Fbsd8 wrote:
> Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM, <"Thomas Mueller
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind.
>>>
>>> Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at
>>> least to the
Kevin Oberman wrote:
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM, <"Thomas Mueller
wrote:
Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind.
Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at least
to the uninitiated, and in all likelihood at variance with how much space the
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM, <"Thomas Mueller
wrote:
> Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind.
>
> Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at
> least to the uninitiated, and in all likelihood at variance with how much
> space the user wants to a
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Thomas Mueller
Also, I can't see the function of the 64 KB boot partition with no file system,
which does not boot for me
(Warning: guesswork and supposition ahead. Set your puzzler in low gear
for traction.)
AFAIK this is space for boot1 and boot2:
http://www.freebsd
On Sep 18, 2011, at 2:55 AM, "Thomas Mueller Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind.
>
> Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at
> least to the uninitiated, and in all likelihood at variance with how much
> space the user wants to allocate, it mi
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:55 AM, <"Thomas Mueller
wrote:
> Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind.
>
> Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at
> least to the uninitiated, and in all likelihood at variance with how much
> space the user wants to a
Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind.
Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at least
to the uninitiated, and in all likelihood at variance with how much space the
user wants to allocate, it might be better to offer a roadmap to help guide the
us
> Wiki, gnats, scrap of paper on someones desk, etc?
I've put a link to the few existing PRs in GNATS onto the wiki page.
mcl
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On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Gary Palmer wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:58:55AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>> On Sep 15, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Gary Palmer wrote:
>>
>> > Is there a way of tracking suggested improvements to the new installer
>>
>> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:58:55AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Sep 15, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Gary Palmer wrote:
>
> > Is there a way of tracking suggested improvements to the new installer
>
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/ ? It's a
> little more annoying viewin
On Sep 15, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Gary Palmer wrote:
> Is there a way of tracking suggested improvements to the new installer
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/ ? It's a
little more annoying viewing changes in the ViewVC interface. There's also svn
log though if you ha
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:02:33AM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Gary Palmer wrote:
> >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 03:46:21PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> >>> Second, I frequently want custom newfs options
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Gary Palmer wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 03:46:21PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>> Second, I frequently want custom newfs options, most notably -b, -f,
>>> and -i. There was no way to do this with sysi
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Gary Palmer wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 03:46:21PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>> Second, I frequently want custom newfs options, most notably -b, -f,
>> and -i. There was no way to do this with sysinstall
>
> The source appears to disagree with you
>
> From u
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 03:46:21PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> Second, I frequently want custom newfs options, most notably -b, -f,
> and -i. There was no way to do this with sysinstall
The source appears to disagree with you
>From usr.sbin/sysinstall/label.c
/* If the user wants a special new
Hello, Kevin.
You wrote 15 сентября 2011 г., 2:46:21:
>>> 7. On the partition editor screen the option should be the
>>> first in the list (ie; left most side) so if user accepts this config,
>>> hitting enter moves to next menu screen instead of having to tab over
>>> taking more time and effort
2011/9/14 Lev Serebryakov :
> Hello, Fbsd8.
> You wrote 12 сентября 2011 г., 17:57:41:
>
>> 7. On the partition editor screen the option should be the
>> first in the list (ie; left most side) so if user accepts this config,
>> hitting enter moves to next menu screen instead of having to tab over
Hello, Fbsd8.
You wrote 12 сентября 2011 г., 17:57:41:
> 7. On the partition editor screen the option should be the
> first in the list (ie; left most side) so if user accepts this config,
> hitting enter moves to next menu screen instead of having to tab over
> taking more time and effort.
And
On 9/12/2011 9:57 AM, Fbsd8 wrote:
> Here are some problems that I fell need to be addressed in the 9.0
> bsdinstaller.
>
> 7. On the partition editor screen the option should be the
> first in the list (ie; left most side) so if user accepts this config,
> hitting enter moves to next menu screen
Hello, Fbsd8.
You wrote 12 сентября 2011 г., 17:57:41:
> 3.Following the keyboard language menu screen is the "set host name"
> screen. It seems that the keyboard language selected in the previous
> menu is now in effect and if the keys layout does not line up with
> the keyboard you have, then wh
Here are some problems that I fell need to be addressed in the 9.0
bsdinstaller.
1. During the transitional phase to using the new installer, the
bsdinstaller welcome screen should have option to select to use
the old sysinstall instead of continuing with the new bsdinstaller.
Selecting the s
Actually, I think this kind of question is for the freebsd-current list, so I
respond on that list.
Problem with the old sysinstall is that sysinstall expects installation sets to
be broken into 1392 KB chunks as opposed to a full .tgz, .tbz or .txz, or so I
believe: I could be wrong.
I though
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