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authorgjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2015-07-26 19:47:02 +0000
committergjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2015-07-26 19:47:02 +0000
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Document r285679, bsdinstall(8) updates to workaround various
problematic BIOSes when booting from GPT, and partition scheme selection in the UFS partition menu. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
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<para revision="275874">The &man.bsdinstall.8; utility has been
updated to use the new &man.dpv.3; library to display progress
when extracting the &os; distributions.</para>
+
+ <para revision="285679" contrib="sponsor"
+ sponsor="&scaleengine;">Support for detecting and implementing
+ a workaround for various laptops and motherboards that do not
+ boot properly from <acronym>GPT</acronym>-partitioned disks
+ has been added to &man.bsdinstall.8;. Additionally, the
+ <literal>active</literal> flag will be set on the partition
+ when needed.</para>
+
+ <para revision="285679" contrib="sponsor"
+ sponsor="&scaleengine;">Support for selecting the partitioning
+ scheme when installing on the <acronym>UFS</acronym>
+ filesystem has been added to &man.bsdinstall.8;.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="userland-rc">
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