Re: BSDInstaller snapshot

From: Rong-en Fan <grafan_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:26:54 -0400
On 5/16/06, Marius Nuennerich <marius.nuennerich_at_gmx.net> wrote:
> 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.

>From bsdlabel(8):

The first partition should start at offset 16, because the first 16
sectors are reserved for metadata.

I think BSDInstaller should change to not create first slice at offset 0.

Regards,
Rong-En Fan
Received on Wed May 17 2006 - 00:26:56 UTC

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