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achieved by hitting 'F', which is no longer undocumented. PR: bin/92533 Submitted by: Rudolf Cejka <cejkar at fit.vutbr dot cz>
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This is the Main Slice (``FDISK'' or PC-style Partition) Editor.
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Possible commands are printed at the bottom and the Master Boot Record
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contents are shown at the top. You can move up and down with the
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arrow keys and (C)reate a new slice whenever the highlighted
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selection bar is over a slice whose type is marked as "unused."
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You are expected to leave this screen with at least one slice
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marked "FreeBSD." Note that unlike Linux, you don't need to create
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multiple FreeBSD FDISK partition entries for different things like
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swap, file systems, etc. The usual convention is to create ONE
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FreeBSD slice (FDISK partition) per drive and then subsection this slice
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into swap and file systems with the Label editor.
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No actual changes will be made to the disk until you (C)ommit from the
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Install menu or use the (W)rite option here! You're working with what
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is essentially a copy of the disk label(s), both here and in the Label
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Editor.
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If you want to use the entire disk for FreeBSD, type `A'. Slices will
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be aligned to fictitious cylinder boundaries and space will be reserved
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in front of the FreeBSD slice for a [future] possible boot manager.
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For the truly dedicated disk case, type `F'. You'll be asked whether or
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not you wish to keep the disk (potentially) compatible with other
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operating systems, i.e. the information in the FDISK table should be
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kept valid. A truly dedicated disk can be achieved by selecting `No'.
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In that case, all BIOS geometry considerations will no longer be in
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effect and you can safely ignore any ``The detected geometry is
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invalid'' warning messages you may later see. It is also not necessary
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in this case to set a slice bootable or install an MBR boot manager as
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both things are then irrelevant. The FreeBSD slice will start at
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absolute sector 0 of the disk (so that FreeBSD's disk label is identical
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to the Master Boot Record) and extend to the very last sector of the
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disk medium. Needless to say, such a disk cannot have any sort of a
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boot manager, `disk manager', or anything else that has to interact with
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the BIOS. This option is therefore only considered safe for SCSI disks
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and most IDE disks and is primarily intended for people who are going to
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set up a dedicated FreeBSD server or workstation, not a typical `home PC'.
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If you select the default of `Yes' at the compatibility, slices will be
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aligned to fictitious cylinder boundaries and space will be reserved
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in front of the FreeBSD slice for a [future] possible boot manager.
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This is pretty much equivalent to having chosen `A' originally.
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The flags field has the following legend:
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'=' -- This slice is properly aligned.
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'A' -- This slice is marked active.
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'R' -- This slice contains the root (/) filesystem
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If no slice is marked Active, you will need to either install
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a Boot Manager (the option for which will be presented later in the
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installation) or set one Active before leaving this screen.
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To leave the slice editor, type `Q'.
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