From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 9 01:20:02 2011 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 5A6A11065674; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 01:20:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.thyer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A5FF8FC18; Sun, 9 Oct 2011 01:20:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so6987811wyj.13 for ; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:20:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Pv2iTdDNvW16Sdv7EO0/em/TRSJfG3l082pdCKgPLAc=; b=Zc4oap0S3yw5y+8fE6xl1Kn1FTBASaIz5ax5o02Y7TBL8zCHU3ocCJf2akkHD3bduz DKDsNIS+LVuMrGSO6dABPfxqHBgIZ80VTN6T0E9TvtidCMzIkmOk7wHFfowzn1fY7SrB 9S2UvOwrJ8+gKtSW46vsO/w1CzD7z1oTpYRNk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.230.167 with SMTP id j39mr4330381weq.31.1318123200405; Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.36.18 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 18:19:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.36.18 with HTTP; Sat, 8 Oct 2011 18:19:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E90EBF5.4090101@freebsd.org> References: <20111008155252.GA24223.edited@vs2.gothschlampen.com> <4E90B4B1.7000009@FreeBSD.org> <4E90C801.4060108@FreeBSD.org> <4E90EBF5.4090101@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2011 11:49:59 +1030 Message-ID: From: Matt Thyer To: Nathan Whitehorn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Warren Block , Glen Barber , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Thomas K." , Garrett Cooper Subject: Re: Memstick image differences between 8.x and 9.x 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, 09 Oct 2011 01:20:02 -0000 On Oct 9, 2011 11:04 AM, "Nathan Whitehorn" wrote: > > On 10/08/11 19:25, Matt Thyer wrote: >> >> I believe this is actually a case of the memstick image being an improperly >> formatted GPT as there is no backup partition table at the end of the >> volume. >> >> The only sensible answer is to not use GPT for the memstick image. >> >> I've not said this loud enough yet but this is a show stopper for >> 9.0-RELEASE and must be fixed. >> >> We can't have a major release that modern systems cannot install with one of >> the now most popular install methods. >> >> As a first step, Andriy Gapon has provided a quick patch for makefs(8) so it >> can create filesystems with UFS labels (as bsdinstall relys on labels). >> >> If you want to fix your memstick, create a copy of the partition table at >> the end of the volume and it should boot. > > > It is being fixed, pending Andriy's change getting into the tree, which should be soon, and will end up being used for the next build (which I believe is RC1). > > There is also the interesting question of actually installing to GPT on the hard disk, which is the default in 9.0. Does this not work on some systems? If so, do we want to blacklist them and use a different default partition scheme? Can we identify systems that violate regular PC boot standards and reject GPT? Any data on any of these points would be appreciated. > -Nathan > I don't think there have been any reports of failure to boot properly formatted GPT yet.