From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 15:05:31 2009 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 17BA41065679 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:05:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: from keltia.freenix.fr (cl-180.mrs-01.fr.sixxs.net [IPv6:2a01:240:fe00:b3::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB48F8FC12 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:05:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix/TLS) with ESMTP id 6328B3B602 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:05:29 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at keltia.freenix.fr Received: from keltia.freenix.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (keltia.freenix.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9gcPAH8wzH6n for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:05:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr (aran.keltia.net [88.191.250.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: roberto) by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix/TLS) with ESMTPSA id C094D3B5E6 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:05:28 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:05:14 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091221150514.GB75616@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr> References: <200912210600.46044.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200912210600.46044.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> X-Operating-System: MacOS X / Macbook Pro - FreeBSD 7.2 / Dell D820 SMP User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: Some notes on RootOnZFS article in wiki 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: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:05:31 -0000 According to Mel Flynn: > 2) `gpart set -a active -i 1 ad4' gave me 'active: device not configured'. > This error isn't mentioned (debugflags didn't help) in the wiki nor the > missing DIAGNOSTICS section in the gpart man page. In my case the system > booted, but it's nice to know what the error means and whether you can Most of the time, you don't even need it. On modern machines, system will boot from the GPT "freebsd-boot" partition w/o having it active. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr In memoriam to Ondine : http://ondine.keltia.net/