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18.1 Legacy Series / Re: Manual installation with GPT mode and properly aligned partitions?

« on: May 07, 2018, 08:59:19 am »

I would like to be able to limit the root partition's size (leaving free space on the SSD) and increase the swap partition's size, using a GPT disk layout with 4k-aligned partitions.

I'm not sure what are the historical reasons for keeping the old MBR layout with cylinder alignment but I'm not sure if that makes sense anymore, doesn't all disks since many years ago recommend 4K alignment?

IMO it doesnt make sense to have a choice to use either GPT+4K or MBR+CHS in guided mode but being forced to use MBR+CHS in manual mode...

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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?