Quoting Chris Pressey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: <Snip/> > If all you're trying to do is manipulate the partition table on an > existing disk that already contains partitions (which is what it sounds > like you want to do) then you should TOTALLY NOT play with the disk > geometry!! There should be no need to (barring some sort of > catastrophic situation) and the only good it'll do is to confuse the > system even further.
Well, I was trying to create a new partition from existing free space. I'm not sure if that matches the above or not. I wasn't adjusting disk geometry though, just the start values for this new partition. Believe me, I have enough fear of things to not attempt an altercation to the disk geometry values :-) > > So either our fdisk should be more userfriendly or the installer > > should support creating slices. I am really surprised to hear that > > it can't. > > The beta has been able to partition a disk for several months now. > > One reason it's still beta is that hardly anyone has tested it under > DragonFly. It has seen a lot of testing under pfSense/FreeBSD, but I'm > not certain whether the bugs that have been found are FreeBSD-specific > or not. My guess is that they probably apply to DragonFly too, so I'm > not rushing to integrate it until they've been worked out. <Snip/> I apologize for missing the call to test the new bsdinstaller beta (two herniated discs in my back have kept me on "the D-Low" for a few months now); but if you would like me to give it a go, I'll be happy to. Please resend me the instructions to get it working, and I'll give you whatever feedback you need. Thanks, Adrian
