From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 30 19:37:36 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EDB6106564A for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:37:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (unknown [IPv6:2001:7b8:30f:e0::5059:ee8a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04188FC15 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:37:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (mx1.iaf.psconsult.nl [80.89.238.138]) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q6UJbTCj067131 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:37:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) Received: (from paul@localhost) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.5/8.14.4/Submit) id q6UJbTBq067130 for freebsd-geom@freebsd.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:37:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) X-Authentication-Warning: mx1.psconsult.nl: paul set sender to freebsd@psconsult.nl using -f Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:37:29 +0200 From: Paul Schenkeveld To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120730193729.GA66397@psconsult.nl> References: <803675128.20120730002927@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20120730161727.GA90551@psconsult.nl> <941399481.20120730222123@serebryakov.spb.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <941399481.20120730222123@serebryakov.spb.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: "nextboot" for MBR slice? X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:37:36 -0000 On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:21:23PM +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Hello, Paul. > You wrote 30 июля 2012 г., 20:17:27: > > PS> Did you try to use boot0sio? I run dozens of NanoBSD systems, most are > It strangely hangs up to 10 minutes on my net5501... What kind of cable do you use, what terminal or terminal emulator and what communication settings? I never have problems with net5501 connected to a serial port on a FreeBSD laptop or server (either standard sio port or FTDI USB/serial converter) using a null-modem cable that also crosses modem control lines: RxD --\ /-- RxD X TxD --/ \-- TxD CTS --\ /-- CTS X RTS --/ \-- RTS DSR -+ +- DSR | | DCD -+\ /+- DCD X DTR --/ \-- DTR (My favorite null-modem cables are the light blue flat telecom cables and separate teledata RJ-45/DB9 converters that used to come with Cisco routers but haven't seen them delivered with these routers lately.) > PS> change the active partition. Now (FB >= 8) one should use 'gpart set > PS> -a active -i '. The default slice reported during boot can be > Yep, it is exactly what I do... > > I'm wonder, is it possible to switch to GPT "on the fly"... old gpt > command has "migrate" operation, but current "gpart" doesn't have one. That's probably not trivial to implment as a GPT table normally takes more space than is available on a MBR device. With kind regards, Paul Schenkeveld