Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 08:43:44 +0000 From: John <freebsd-lists@potato.growveg.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.0-RC5 - Installer creates multiple freebsd-boot partitions Message-ID: <20140111084344.GA25295@potato.growveg.org> In-Reply-To: <6f6b2a9b3dc9b7c8acccc9f67e4dc31b.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> References: <20140109161818.GK64543@glenbarber.us> <6f6b2a9b3dc9b7c8acccc9f67e4dc31b.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net>
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On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 08:44:34AM -0700, Peter wrote: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=185449 > > :#gpart show ada0 > => 34 3907029101 ada0 GPT (1.8T) > 34 128 1 freebsd-boot (64K) > 162 8388608 2 freebsd-ufs (4.0G) > 8388770 20971520 3 freebsd-swap (10G) > 29360290 3877668844 4 freebsd-ufs (1.8T) > 3907029134 1 - free - (512B) > > > ada0p2 had FreeBSD 9 amd64 on it, installing FreeBSD 10 RC5 amd64 to ada0p2 > ada0p4 is my 'data' partition left untouched. > > During install if I delete my OS partition [ada0p2], then create > partition, the installer complains that I'm missing freebsd-boot even > though ada0p1 is never touched - I have two options, let it create or > "ignore"; > > If I say create, then I have two 'freebsd-boot' partitions > If I say ignore [virtualbox fresh 10-RC4 -> 10-RC5] it still boots properly. I have found that, on a brand new rc5 install, if guided partitioning is selected, then modify anything at all (I wanted to subdivide / so deleted it then created slices), upon completion of the installation then rebooting, the boot partition cannot be found. -- John
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