From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Wed Mar 18 16:56:17 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57EC0266575 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:56:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (static-24-113-41-81.wavecable.com [24.113.41.81]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "ultimatedns.net", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48jGQS72P5z3wrn; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:56:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (localhost [IPv6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 02IGuULa060819 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:56:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@BSDforge.com) X-Mailer: Cypht MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-stable In-Reply-To: From: Chris Reply-To: bsd-lists@BSDforge.com To: Alan Somers Subject: Re: efi: WARNING: Unable to alias diskid/DISK-... to enc@n306168... - path too long Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:56:36 -0700 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48jGQS72P5z3wrn X-Spamd-Bar: + Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [1.96 / 15.00]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.99)[0.994,0]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.97)[0.969,0]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11404, ipnet:24.113.0.0/16, country:US]; local_wl_ip(0.00)[24.113.41.81] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:56:17 -0000 On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:48:08 -0600 Alan Somers asomers@freebsd=2Eorg said > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 10:37 AM Chris wrote: >=20 > > I'm getting the following message on a fresh install of 12=2E1: > > WARNING: Unable to alias diskid/DISK-WD-WCANM2154600 to > > > > enc@n3061686369656d30/type@0/slot@1/elmdesc@Slot_00/diskid/DISK-WD-WCAN= M2154600 > > - path too long > > Actually, there are several similar messages=2E Which required me to > > perform several disk related tasks in order to get a successful boot > > into the new system=2E It's GPT/UFS(2) if it matters=2E But I suspect > > it's more related to fbsd' implementation of EFI, as it relates to my > > BIOS' implementation (Intel Sandy Bridge)=2E What can I do to make > > everything happy? > > > > Thanks! > > > > --Chris > > > When did you see that message? Was it printed from the bootloader, or > after you booted? If it happened after boot, then they're probably > harmless, but you can make them go away by setting > kern=2Egeom=2Elabel=2Edisk_ident=2Eenable=3D0=2E Thanks for the reply! It's during boot, and found in dmesg=2Eboot=2E I wouldn't care so much, except I was unable to boot into the system until I performed a gpart modify -i -l on all the slices, and modify fstab(5) accordingly=2E Kind of a rough start for an install IMHO=2E :) Thanks again, for the reply, Alan! --Chris