Installing amd64 FreeBSD 11.1 in dual-boot with Windows 7 on an MBR partitioned disk

[Nenhum_de_Nos]

On Fri, October 6, 2017 18:13, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote:
>
> On Fri, October 6, 2017 14:33, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
>> 06.10.2017 22:17, Rostislav Krasny wrote:
>>
>>> I consider this as a critical bug. But maybe there is some workaround
>>> that allows me to install the FreeBSD 11.1 as a second OS without
>>> repartitioning the entire disk?
>>>
>>> My hardware is an Intel Core i7 4790 3.6GHz based machine with 16GB
>>> RAM. The ada0 disk is 238GB SanDisk SD8SBAT256G1122 (SSD).
>>
>> bsdinstall (current installer) is seriously flawed comparing with
>> sysinstall (previous one)
>> when we talk about installing FreeBSD to a slice within MBR.
>
> I sure miss sysinstall from the very bottom of my heart.
>
> I had the very same problem the OP said, about a month ago. I just didn't
> got the issue, so I installed 10.3-R and did upgrade via freebsd-update.
>
> The OP setup is close to mine, I will try to use the command list below
> and see what it gets me. It was really disappointing not being able to
> install 11.1 on this new machine. I am saving a 10.3R pendrive forever. If
> anyone need, just say I upload the dd'ed image :)
>
> I also tested on another older machine, same thing.
>
> matheus

For the OP, try reading here
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/62030/#post-358133

No solition so far :(

matheus
>
>> You still can install FreeBSD by invoking a shell from bsdinstall
>> and using gpart:
>>
>> gpart add -t freebsd -a 4096 ada0    # dedicate all unallocated space
>> for
>> ada0s3
>> gpart create -s BSD -n 20 ada0s3     # create BSD label able to contain
>> upto 20 partitions
>> gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot0 ada0   # install menu-driven boot manager
>> BootEasy to MBR
>> gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot ada0s3  # install FreeBSD-specific UFS boot
>> code to its slice
>> gpart set -a active -i 1 ada0	     # make sure MBR has exactly one
>> active
>> partition
>> gpart add -t freebsd-swap -s 4G -i 2 # allocate 4G for a swap ada0s3b
>> (choose size of your like)
>> gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 2G	     # allocate 2G for root partition
>> ada0s3a
>> newfs -L root /dev/ada0s3a
>> gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1G	     # allocate 1G for read-only /usr
>> partition ada0s3d
>> newfs -L usr /dev/ada0s3d
>> gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 4G	     # allocate 4G for /var ada0s3e
>> newfs -L var /dev/ada0s3e
>> gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 10G	     # allocate 10G /usr/local: future
>> installed ports & packages
>> newfs -L usrl /dev/ada0s3f
>> gpart add -t freebsd-ufs	     # allocate all other space for /home
>> newfs -L home /dev/ada0s3g
>>
>> Then you will have mount new ada0s3a, create mount points for other
>> partitions there,
>> create etc/fstab, extract *.txz from distibution media and it will boot
>> just fine.
>>
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