Using bsdinstall for an additional drive

Doug Hardie bc979 at lafn.org
Fri Dec 13 23:41:41 UTC 2013


On 8 December 2013, at 14:29, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske at fisglobal.com> wrote:

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> On Dec 8, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Doug Hardie wrote:
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>> On 8 December 2013, at 10:47, Michael Sierchio <kudzu at tenebras.com> wrote:
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>>> I think it's worth the effort to try to understand gpart et al.
>>> 
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>> Yes - that works.  But you have to remember it.  I do this once every couple years.  Thats why sysinstall was useful.  I didn't have to remember either where I put the notes, or on the specific commands themselves.  I run a number of systems running FreeBSD because they are reliable, consistent, and I don't have to remember a ton of drivel.  Unfortunately, we have re-introduced some of that in this situation.
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> Does "bsdinstall partedit" somehow not fit the bill?

I never found that amidst all the data in the man page.  A quick look shows that it appears to fit my needs.  I'll have to try it out in a few weeks.  Thanks.



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