[bsdinstall] Precise disk slicing

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 07/18/13 07:26, Rostislav Krasny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Already asked this on freebsd-questions, but got no response as yet.
>
> Previously in the sysinstall there was possible to define the start and the
> end LBA addresses of the new slice (new MBR partition). I didn't find how
> to do that in the bsdinstall. Is it possible?
>
> Thank you
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There is not exactly, no. You can use the gpart command-line tool with
the "Shell" option at the beginning of the install if you want --
bsdinstall will show and use any existing partitions when it runs -- but
control on that level is not possible from the usual UI.
-Nathan