Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:22:13 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: bu7cher@yandex.ru Cc: xcllnt@mac.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't mount root during freebsd-update 7.0 -> 8.1 on amd64 Message-ID: <4cfc8f25.jTD%2BvTDyy5VPuqYn%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4CFC7E70.7000405@yandex.ru> References: <d4da7a77756c4678132be5f2a147ce56.squirrel@jodocus.org> <AANLkTikPSSTeOWHbKfypisrdRjrA7uPP_GMRZ5qNkHsT@mail.gmail.com> <4cfc2a1e.rR/F7W1rhymw3F2n%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4CFC7E70.7000405@yandex.ru>
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"Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> wrote: > >> NOTE: Some old utilities like bsdlabel may not work if the > >> kernel doesn't include GEOM_BSD and other old slicer classes. > >> In other words, bsdlabel et al don't work with GEOM_PART. > > > > Does this mean that, in 8.1-RELEASE, bsdlabel/disklabel will > > not work with the GENERIC kernel (which includes GEOM_PART_GPT > > and GEOM_LABEL, but no other GEOM_ pieces AFAICT)? > > No, It doesn't. You can create partitions with fdisk/bsdlabel. > They do write directly to device and this does initiate tasting. > And GPART detects created partitions. Thanks, that's what I had hoped (but had noticed a few things lately that had me wondering whether they might perhaps not be working entirely _correctly_ -- I need to do some more experimentation). The next question then is, when _does_ the kernel need to include added options like GEOM_BSD and/or GEOM_PART_BSD?
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