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18.1 Legacy Series / Manual installation with GPT mode and properly aligned partitions?
« on: May 06, 2018, 11:12:50 pm »
I tried to install OPNsense on a virtual machine, using the manual installation mode the installer creates the old MBR partition layout with BSD slices, which are of course misaligned to current SSDs 4K sectors (and modern HDDs) and aligned to cylinders.
Ive tried to manually create the GPT partition layout beforehand (basically mimicking the guided install layout, only different sizes for root and swap partitions) but it seems the manual installer is not written to handle that, so I assume the manual installer is hardcoded to do MBR installation but the guided installation prompts if you want MBR or GPT, but not the manual installation?
Is there any workaround to this?
On a side note, shouldnt be more logical that the installer was designed to end up with a basically identical system partitions layout in both modes, only with different amount of prompts and customizations?
Ive tried to manually create the GPT partition layout beforehand (basically mimicking the guided install layout, only different sizes for root and swap partitions) but it seems the manual installer is not written to handle that, so I assume the manual installer is hardcoded to do MBR installation but the guided installation prompts if you want MBR or GPT, but not the manual installation?
Is there any workaround to this?
On a side note, shouldnt be more logical that the installer was designed to end up with a basically identical system partitions layout in both modes, only with different amount of prompts and customizations?