From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 15:14:19 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 8C3B1106568D for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:14:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D0F28FC22 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 376B77E818; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:14:18 -0900 (AKST) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:14:12 -0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.1 (FreeBSD/8.0-STABLE; KDE/4.3.1; i386; ; ) References: <200912210600.46044.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> <20091221150514.GB75616@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr> In-Reply-To: <20091221150514.GB75616@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200912210614.12483.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Ollivier Robert 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 15:14:19 -0000 On Monday 21 December 2009 06:05:14 Ollivier Robert wrote: > 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. And you would know whether you fall into the 'modern machines' category how? Also, did this error tell me I don't need it, did it tell me it didn't work even though it tried and now my partition info is screwed or is it completely harmless? That's what I'd like to know (either in the article, but probably better in gpart manpage). -- Mel