I've just installed an Intel server from a 9.1-RC1 CD. This was my first encounter with the new installer. I didn't like the look of what the Auto option showed me for drive partitioning, so I tried Manual and found that confusing.
I ended up choosing the Shell option for drive partitioning and carved up the drive exactly as I wanted it, including setting the active partition [bootme], using gpart(8) and newfs(8). Upon entering the shell from the menu, a comprehensive message was printed explaining that, after I had finished creating the new filesystems, I would need to create an fstab file and then mount the newly-created filesystems. I followed those instructions and, when I exited the shell, watched the installation proceed flawlessly and then booted the new system. So, my installation had a happy ending. I didn't end up with a brick but I gave up on the menu-driven filesystem creation. -- John Marshall
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