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Date:      Mon, 3 Sep 2012 15:45:47 +0200
From:      Nicola Tiling <nti@w4w.net>
To:        "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-geom@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GPT partitions missing, upgrading 7.4 to 8.3
Message-ID:  <1D584B09-1FC0-4E8C-AA9B-B2840F19EBB0@w4w.net>
In-Reply-To: <504439EC.5000004@yandex.ru>
References:  <EB042679-81DF-4C2B-9B14-6CE46BA39D47@w4w.net> <504439EC.5000004@yandex.ru>

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Andrey, ahanks for your help! I will build a new kernel.


Am 03.09.2012 um 07:02 schrieb "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>:

> On 02.09.2012 19:47, Nicola Tiling wrote:
>> Hi
>>=20
>> I'm trying to upgrade 7.4 to 8.3, but I fail.
>>=20
>> On a third slice I have nine gpt partitions. Originally they were =
created under 6.2 with "gpt".
>> The upgrade from 6.4 to 7.4 runs without problems, but now from 7.4 =
to 8.3 the partitions are not
>> found. I can't see them under /dev and gpart list shows curious =
things, a fifth slice in the
>> third and a EBR scheme instead of GPT. I have load the kernel modules =
geom_part_gtp,
>> geom_part_mbr, geom_part_bsd. Is there a save way to install 8.3 or =
is it dead-end?
>=20
> GEOM_PART_GPT cannot be nested.
> You should backup your data and recreate your partitions, then restore =
the data.
>=20
> The hackish way: you can remove GEOM_PART_MBR and GEOM_PART_EBR from =
your kernel config,
> and use GEOM_MBR instead. But you can still use GEOM_PART_GPT. In this =
case GEOM_PART_GPT will be
> attached to the GEOM_MBR provider and nesting will not be detected.
>=20
> --=20
> WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov
>=20
>=20
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