From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 7 05:28:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D308E106566B for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:28:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jguojun@sbcglobal.net) Received: from nm25-vm0.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (nm25-vm0.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.236.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8AA208FC0A for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2012 05:28:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.94.237.200] by nm25.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Feb 2012 05:14:09 -0000 Received: from [66.94.237.110] by tm11.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Feb 2012 05:14:09 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1015.access.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Feb 2012 05:14:09 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 242533.3424.bm@omp1015.access.mail.mud.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 86078 invoked by uid 60001); 7 Feb 2012 05:14:09 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sbcglobal.net; s=s1024; t=1328591649; bh=F+L0cveCe2Vm4ZcsME0kvYy0qzknHQmc1vSyCfB8h2E=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=xYhNEpe5hmtr+c13l7ECpxlvfpdnk/tBhJrK0YI1FV0XvzwJlwqwEcMdWlLmND05nZ4ZO5bkx+H8vrTUYccCG5aHN4212FeElm6ZLsxy+mMqagZYwaXpFpdjNPSb53p6E14x7k9MaokG2hmDE6EDEj1jJncZUXfOYW+5p9jQI/k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=zGpszivPtzzKyyYh++AiDO/XW/jj3IvRDqKDojy1YKMjPsDUw/6NLu++HKIfmKKMPuGcQ3g7W+SQKo9y1yylX2uU5dE0jAMje/2TZNReA6Oq2AuWbFkCVZspBirjBFWpDbTGDmz8+B+fJTblhTzQFJ72tDfoYRsVvwmgR3hNb0U=; X-YMail-OSG: RuLpdBEVM1k1XRvASCkJ4LWD_g2s8hzNC9iyQVynVGyODS1 TaQHWLt2ZSUOQamu4dqMW3xWyhHhDRc9lEDC3KUOzZBnqfcO01l1idBoKbLu XwoE_hogZ7B3lLfEnZ3mbG3Cr2vXzNs1UjXrv7L2cxeT5.835jyIrnSexxOY e9h2YSl.AlkMTntwW9EwnV14FZuXWXafGHqa4BYNBI4zyxD9ViGQFgKEAPwM fmfmUf3eI3dGMCQEUgJFoeZo8mW2TsrxyGrowthOwyIUukrwC_nP0vEMI3CR 3YyAjEkxgFOUAPVEr1mZy2uO7uvCPmJPcNKmXPY7a7L_S08UCdaeOfk2yMLf gQ0dzxsYGhmlIBJSOxhPdH75knNm1FgjV3gSA_WpfeyLHxPS_kM5ePhAgkqc _rJ7KAoZlY2i0dUfSA0InddAU_G2LH6XeKXtpSTD6tGo7JUIFV0v8mHMJF4P LU4UU0yHsNMTBiqAdOFPlk4D5rLb7lkNJgd85yQSFimxiJLA03fUi6rPm.En nBsPbtiwEwbFVD1S.LGQRqogQHS8- Received: from [75.37.0.160] by web82203.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:14:09 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/15.0.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.116.331537 Message-ID: <1328591649.84868.YahooMailClassic@web82203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:14:09 -0800 (PST) From: Jin Guojun To: Devin Teske In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/164399: 9.0 installer failures X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:28:01 -0000 --- On Sat, 2/4/12, Devin Teske wrote: =0Asnapped ... =0A>=A0=A0=A0 In FreeBSD 9, FDISK partition tables can be read and written = using the "fdisk" utility, BUT... =0A=A0 =0A>=A0=A0=A0 If the disk has a GPT partition table, the device-nodes in /d= ev associated =0Awith the FDISK partition table ***will not be created*** until you destr= oy the GPT scheme (using "gpart destroy"). =0A =0A>=A0=A0=A0 This correctly implies that you cannot simultaneously use GPT= =0Aand FDISK within FreeBSD 9 on the same disk, it's one or the other. =0A =0AI assume this implies a bug for 9.0 installer because 6.4-R has not such= problem. =0AIf so, hopefully it can be fixed in 8.3 and 9.1 in next release; =0Aothe= rwise, new FreeBSD cannot co-exist with other OS on the same disk =0Adrive. =0A =0A>>=A0=A0=A0=A0 PS: The 9.0 seems preparing installation and partitioning= the disk like=20 =0A>>=A0=A0=A0=A0 Linux. This is no longer a BSD style :-( =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 You're not alone. Many of us dislike the "everything on one b= ig root" too. =0AIt's not safe (e.g., filling "/tmp" fills boot partition), and it's not = BSD style. =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 If you'd like to install FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE with the old sty= le =0Apartitioning, please try my custom installer that uses the old =0Asys= install(8) (versus new bsdinstall(8)) installer: =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 http://druidbsd.sf.net/ =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 Instructions here: =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 http://druidbsd.sf.net/freebsd_druid.shtml =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 NOTE: However, since you've written GPT layout to disk, you'l= l =0Ahave to clear that before you can use sysinstall(8). No bother, just = =0Aboot into the installer and then press Alt+F4 to go to the "holo shell" = =0Awhere you type first "rescue" (hit ENTER) and then "gpart destroy =0ADIS= KNAME" (where DISKNAME is something like "ada0" -- use "sysctl =0Akern.disk= s" to list disks available). =0A =0AUnfortunately, gaprt destroy does not work. "ls -l" shows that /dev/ad0 = =0Ais a symlike to /dev/ada0, howevr, "gpart destroy ada0" returns Invalid = =0Aargument error: =0A =0Agpart: arg0 'ada0': Invalid argument =0A =0Aand "gpart destroy /dev/ada0" returns the same error.=20 =0A"gpart list -a" and "gpart show" does not output any thing. Installer se= es ada0 as an entire disk.=20 =0AThis looks like a GPT utility tool problem, doesn't it? =0A