Re: BSDInstaller snapshot

On Tue, 16 May 2006 23:04:00 +0300
Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 May 2006 20:25:29 +0200
> Marius Nuennerich <marius.nuennerich_at_gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 16 May 2006 08:43:10 +0300
> > Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 16 May 2006 10:01:00 +1200
> > > Andrew Turner <andrew_at_fubar.geek.nz> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Rostislav Krasny wrote:
> > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/16.png
> > > > >
> > > > > I think this menu should be changed, so one could select not only the
> > > > > slice size but also where it begins. Ideally this should be defined by
> > > > > three numbers: 'start sector', 'end sector' and 'size in sectors'.
> > > > > Changing the 'size in sectors' should also change the 'end sector', and
> > > > > changing 'start sector' or 'end sector' should also change the 'size in
> > > > > sectors', automatically.
> > > > >   
> > > > The start position is defined by the previous "partitions" (bsd slices) 
> > > > on the disk.
> > > > I would like to change it to accept size in MB, GB, TB, etc.
> > > 
> > > And if one wants to reserve some unallocated space at the beginning of
> > > the disk? I understand, you're trying to make partitioning a simple task
> > > but sometimes doing it by an advanced way may also be needed. One, who
> > > wants to partition the disk by the simple way, will use just the third
> > > number, i.e. the size (in sectors or in MB).
> > 
> > Why not just use 16 sectors offset like bsdlabel -w does?
> 
> What do you mean? I was talking about making BSD slices.

Sorry, I misread that.

I just noticed the bsdinstaller (just like sysinstall) creates no
offset for the first bsd partition in a slice, whereas bsdlabel -w
does.

regards
Marius