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From: Joe barbish <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: 9.0 RC1 bsdinstall (add sysinstall partition config as option)
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>Number:         161931
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       bsdinstall(8): (add sysinstall partition config as option)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-sysinstall
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 23 12:10:02 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:    Mon Nov 12 15:16:50 UTC 2012
>Last-Modified:  Mon Nov 12 15:16:50 UTC 2012
>Originator:     Joe barbish
>Release:        9.0 RC1
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
>Description:
Change the bsdinstall "partition editor screen" to provide option to select the sysinstall partition config style setup. Using the manual option relies on the user knowing the correct console commands. This is a un-realistic and defeats the purpose of having a automated installer.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall 
Responsible-Changed-By: eadler 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Oct 23 14:00:23 UTC 2011 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
assign 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=161931 
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: nwhitehorn 
State-Changed-When: Sun Oct 23 15:10:04 UTC 2011 
State-Changed-Why:  
The manual button relies on no such thing and involves no shell commands. 
By "sysinstall-style", you mean MBR+bsdlabel? Or what exactly? 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=161931 

From: "joeb1" <joeb1@a1poweruser.com>
To: <bug-followup@FreeBSD.org>,
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Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/161931: bsdinstall(8): (add sysinstall partition config as option)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:28:42 +0800

 Yes I mean the mbr+bsdlabel  method as there is no other method available in
 sysinstall. And along with this, help info needs to be added explaining
 under what conditions one method or the other is used. Help saying something
 along the lines of older PC bios./hard drives use the mbr+bsdlabel
 sysinstall method and newer PC bios./hard drives (manufactured 2010+) need
 to use the bsdinstall method because pc manufactures and Microsoft have
 changed the boot process. Or what ever is the true reason for this
 difference. Installers need to have the correct info so they can make the
 correct decision about what method to select.
 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->open 
State-Changed-By: eadler 
State-Changed-When: Sun Nov 11 04:54:46 UTC 2012 
State-Changed-Why:  
Submitter provided requested information 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=161931 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: nwhitehorn 
State-Changed-When: Mon Nov 12 15:12:09 UTC 2012 
State-Changed-Why:  
There isn't any particular reason to use the MBR+bsdlabel method unless you 
plan to dual-boot another OS (Windows, basically) that doesn't speak GPT. In 
such cases, MBR+bsdlabel is already the default. GPT works on all x86 systems 
back to a 386 and using MBR+bsdlabel only introduces limitations (e.g. maximum 
disk size, maximum number of partitions) with no benefits relative to GPT. 

Since in the one and only case where MBR partitioning is useful (dual-booting 
with Windows), it is already the default (as it also is if the disk is already 
MBR-formatted), and since it is otherwise easy to set up using the GUI if you 
really want it, I'm closing this PR. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=161931 
>Unformatted:
