PC-BSD 1.3 RC1 has been released. From the changelog: "Fixed icon size issues in KMenu; installer now does not display extended partitions; installer now can use empty primary partition space to install; fixed issue with BSDStats not properly reporting usage; fixed problem with 'Start' icon text not being translated properly; fixed issues when using installer to upgrade system from 1.2 to 1.3; closed numerous other issues from BETA2." Get it here.
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Member since:2006-02-01
It was never able to. PC-BSD being based on FreeBSD where FreeBSD can only install on primary partitions so in turn why show extended partitions if they will only add to the confusion that might already be overwhelming a new user during the install...
This is a smart move in my opinion. Helps to streamline things.
Member since:2005-11-11
Exactly, you can only install PC-BSD on primary partitions: http://docs.pcbsd.org/guide/chap2.3.html
Member since:2006-05-12
Just to clear up confusion. The *BSD's create a partition for themselves that has to be a primary and then create slices inside said partition. So, you're still able to chop up your mount points, etc... inside the partition. All in all, it's a bit "cleaner", but I don't know if actually is technically better or worse then the Linux way of partitioning.
Member since:2006-04-21
Member since:2006-12-12
Member since:2006-02-15
FreeBSD and NetBSD handle PC disk partitioning differently than each other.
NetBSD uses its own disklabel on all architectures that have disklike devices, and only uses the PC FDISK style partition on PCs.
I believe OpenBSD is also different, but I'm not familiar with its disk layout.
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2005-10-18
From the release notes: "Installer now does not display extended partitions."
What exactly does it mean? I won't be able to install PC-BSD on an extended partition?