From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 31 10:35:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50DA21065683 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:35:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de) Received: from mailrelay.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de (wrzx28.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.3.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAFBC8FC14 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:35:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shuvaev@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de) Received: from virusscan.mail (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailrelay.mail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EFA5198E07 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:35:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by virusscan.mail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43054198E06 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:35:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de (wthp192.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de [132.187.40.192]) by mailmaster.uni-wuerzburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E6A0198DFD for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:35:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from wep4017.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de ([132.187.37.17]) by mail.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Lotus Domino Release 8.0.1HF110) with ESMTP id 2008083112355498-20524 ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:35:54 +0200 Received: by wep4017.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:35:55 +0200 From: "Alexey Shuvaev" Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:35:55 +0200 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080831103555.GA12957@wep4017.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> References: <20080829205313.GA30330@wep4017.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> <3a142e750808291416o25b6678bm2b6fa75d0f8e4714@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3a142e750808291416o25b6678bm2b6fa75d0f8e4714@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Universitaet Wuerzburg User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on domino1/uni-wuerzburg(Release 8.0.1HF110 | April 11, 2008) at 08/31/2008 12:35:55 PM, Serialize by Router on domino1/uni-wuerzburg(Release 8.0.1HF110 | April 11, 2008) at 08/31/2008 12:35:55 PM, Serialize complete at 08/31/2008 12:35:55 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at uni-wuerzburg.de Subject: Re: Booting from gpt on i386/amd64? [SOLVED] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:35:58 -0000 On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:16:07PM +0200, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > On 8/29/08, Alexey Shuvaev wrote: > > Hello list! > > > > I have tried to install a system with pure gpt partitioning, > > but haven't managed to boot from it. > > > > Partition table: > > > > => 34 976773101 ad6 GPT (500.1GB) > > 34 1571840 1 freebsd-ufs (804.8MB) > > 1571874 8388608 2 freebsd-swap (4.3GB) > > 9960482 1024 3 freebsd-boot (524.3KB) > > 9961506 8388608 4 freebsd-ufs (4.3GB) > > 18350114 524288 5 freebsd-ufs (268.4MB) > > 18874402 134217728 6 freebsd-ufs (68.7GB) > > 153092130 823681005 - free - (421.7GB) > > > > All necessary files are already installed (ad6p1 = /, ad6p4 = /var, and > > so on). The system is 8.0-CURRENT from 8 August (bootable usb flash). > > Computer is Core2Duo E8400 3.0 GHz, 4 Gb RAM, ICH9, 500 GB SATA. > > What have been done: > > > > gpart bootcode -b /path/to/pmbr ad6 > > [Successful] > > > > gpart bootcode -p /path/to/gptboot -i 3 ad6 > > gpart: /dev/ad6p3: Invalid argument > > > > I have tried to 'newfs /dev/ad6p3' and then mounting it and copying > > gptboot into 'boot' directory on ad6p3, but looking at the sources it > > seems to be wrong. > > > > Then I tried to 'dd if=gptboot of=/dev/ad6p3 bs=512', ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This command writes gptboot only partially!!! I have padded gptboot to nearest sector boundary and dd-ed it to ad6p3. After that the system booted successfully. As I have expected GENERIC kernel is enough. > > but in all cases during the boot the blinking cursor moves 1 line down > > and computer freezes here. > > The remaining question is what is the correct way to put gptboot to 'freebsd-boot' partition? It seems that this functionality was in gpt(8) but is missing in gpart(8). Any work in progress? While I am here should I look at it? Alexey.