1This is the Main Partition (or ``Slice'') Editor.
| 1This is the Main Partition (or ``FDISK'') Editor.
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3Possible commands are printed at the bottom, and the Master Boot Record
4contents are at the top. You can move up and down with the arrow keys
5and can (C)reate a new partition whenever the "bar" is over a partition
6whose type is set to "unused".
| 3Possible commands are printed at the bottom and the Master Boot Record
4contents are shown at the top. You can move up and down with the
5arrow keys and (C)reate a new partition whenever the highlighted
6selection bar is over a partition whose type is marked as "unused."
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| 8You are expected to leave this screen with at least one partition
9marked "FreeBSD." Note that unlike Linux, you don't need to create
10multiple FreeBSD fdisk partition entries for different things like
11swap, file systems, etc. The usual convention is to create ONE
12FreeBSD partition per drive and then subsection this partition into
13swap and file systems with the Label editor.
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8The flags field has the following legend:
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| 16The flags field has the following legend:
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10 '=' -- Partition is properly aligned.
11 '>' -- The partition doesn't end before cylinder 1024
12 'R' -- Has been marked as containing the root (/) filesystem
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19 '>' -- This partition doesn't end before cylinder 1024
20 'R' -- This partition contains the root (/) filesystem
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13 'B' -- Partition employs BAD144 bad-spot handling
14 'C' -- This is the FreeBSD 2.0-compatibility partition (default)
15 'A' -- This partition is marked active.
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17If you select a partition for Bad144 handling, it will be scanned
18for bad blocks before any new filesystems are made on it.
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20If no partition is marked Active, you will need to either install
21a Boot Manager (the option for which will be presented later in the
22installation) or set one Active before leaving this screen.
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| 21 'B' -- Partition employs BAD144 bad-spot handling
22 'C' -- This is the FreeBSD 2.0-compatibility partition (default)
23 'A' -- This partition is marked active.
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25If you select a partition for Bad144 handling, it will be scanned
26for bad blocks before any new filesystems are made on it.
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28If no partition is marked Active, you will need to either install
29a Boot Manager (the option for which will be presented later in the
30installation) or set one Active before leaving this screen.
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24To leave this screen, type `Q'.
| 32To leave the partition editor, type `Q'.
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26No actual changes will be made to the disk until you (C)ommit from the
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34No actual changes will be made to the disk until you (C)ommit from the
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27Install menu! You're working with what is essentially a copy of
28the disk label(s), both here and in the Label Editor.
| 35Install menu or use the (W)rite option here! You're working with what
36is essentially a copy of the disk label(s), both here and in the Label
37Editor.
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39NOTE: The (W)rite option is HIGHLY DANGEROUS and should NOT BE USED if
40you're installing a new system! It's only for use in resurrecting
41or changing an existing system, and will cause unpredictable things to
42happen if you use it in any other circumstances. Don't do it! Wait
43for the final commit dialog if you're express/novice installing, or
44use the "Commit" menu item if you're custom installing, and do it there.
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46If you want to use the entire disk for FreeBSD, type `A'. You'll be
47asked whether or not you wish to keep the disk (potentially) compatible
48with other operating systems, i.e. the information in the FDISK table
49should be kept valid. If you select the default of `Yes', slices will be
50aligned to fictitious cylinder boundaries and space will be reserved
51in front of the FreeBSD slice for a [future] possible boot manager.
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53For the truly dedicated disk case, you can select `No' at the
54compatibility prompt. In that case, all BIOS geometry considerations
55will no longer be in effect and you can safely ignore any
56``The detected geometry is invalid'' warning messages you may later
57see. It is also not necessary in this case to set a partition bootable
58or install an MBR boot manager as both things are then irrelevant.
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60The FreeBSD slice will start at absolute sector 0 of the disk (so that
61FreeBSD's disk label is identical to the Master Boot Record) and
62extend to the very last sector of the disk medium. Needless to say,
63such a disk cannot have any sort of a boot manager, `disk manager',
64or anything else that has to interact with the BIOS. This option is
65therefore only considered safe for SCSI disks and most IDE disks and
66is primarily intented for people who are going to set up a dedicated
67FreeBSD server or workstation, not a typical `home PC'.
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