Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:01:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Frank Mayhar <fmayhar@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Invalid partition table" on 10-stable. Message-ID: <loom.20140918T225950-776@post.gmane.org> References: <1411013471.25791.52.camel@jill.exit.com> <541AB164.80707@beastielabs.net>
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Hans Ottevanger <hans <at> beastielabs.net> writes: > In my situation I can get the installation working by booting single > user from an older FreeBSD install CD (9.2R in my case) and reinstall > the MBR as follows: > > /sbin/gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr ada0 > > Probably gpart changed the way it installs the MBR, but I think it is > very board (or maybe BIOS) specific: other systems do not have the issue. > > Please let me know if this "trick" helps for you. I did install the pmbr during the initial setup, as well as the bootstrap itself. I do plan to try the "set active partition" trick suggested elsewhere. -- Frank Mayhar fmayhar@gmail.com
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