Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:40:54 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New Optane AIC does not show up in FreeBSD until . . . ? Message-ID: <CANCZdfqOptgzp_kqxEVY67GsM%2B7tpeZcNt-O--CLFFyNz0_eyw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9FAFDEE8-97DA-4FF7-AADB-4BFC14F07E13@yahoo.com> References: <9FAFDEE8-97DA-4FF7-AADB-4BFC14F07E13.ref@yahoo.com> <9FAFDEE8-97DA-4FF7-AADB-4BFC14F07E13@yahoo.com>
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Are you aware of gpart create? Warner On Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 4:41 PM Mark Millard via freebsd-current < freebsd-current@freebsd.org> wrote: > I plugged in a new Optane and booted FreeBSD on the > ThreadRipper 1950X system but FreeBSD did not show > the drive in gpart show. (It is unique by size in the > context and so would be hard to miss for anything > that listed sizes. Lack of listing a size would also > stand out.) > > So I did what I've done in the past: shutdown FreeBSD, > boot Windows 10, go to its disk management utility, > answer its prompt for MBR vs. GPT for the new device > (picking GPT), shutdown Windows 10. Then boot FreeBSD > again --and the new drive shows up. > > Is there a way to avoid the round trip through > Windows 10 (or any other such round trip going > outside FreeBSD)? I'm just curious if I've missed > something: My work around enables my activity. > > > FYI, FreeBSD based on main 3acea07c1873 : > > # ~/fbsd-based-on-what-freebsd-main.sh > merge-base: 3acea07c1873b1e4042f4a4fa8668745ee59f15b > merge-base: CommitDate: 2021-02-08 19:15:21 +0000 > c1845d00f818 (HEAD -> mm-src) mm-src snapshot for mm's patched build in > git context. > 3acea07c1873 (pure-src) Restore the augmented strlen commentary > FreeBSD FBSDFHUGE 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT > mm-src-n244686-c1845d00f818 GENERIC-NODBG amd64 amd64 1400004 1400004 > > But this is not a new thing, more of a "still true" > thing. > > === > Mark Millard > marklmi at yahoo.com > ( dsl-only.net went > away in early 2018-Mar) > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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