From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 2 20:30:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: geom@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E045B16A422; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 20:30:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpressey@catseye.mine.nu) Received: from priv-edtnes46.telusplanet.net (defout.telus.net [199.185.220.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B65C343D5C; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 20:30:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpressey@catseye.mine.nu) Received: from catseye.biscuit.boo ([154.20.76.195]) by priv-edtnes46.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with SMTP id <20051202203013.QWAO9261.priv-edtnes46.telusplanet.net@catseye.biscuit.boo>; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 13:30:13 -0700 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 12:31:20 -0800 From: Chris Pressey To: current@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20051202123120.736bf5ff.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <43753528.7030802@freesbie.org> References: <20051027200448.1ba236fe.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> <43753528.7030802@freesbie.org> Organization: Cat's Eye Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.11) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: geom@freebsd.org, discussion@bsdinstaller.com Subject: Re: fdisk(8) no longer capable of altering geometry 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: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:30:16 -0000 On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:19:52 +0100 Dario Freni wrote: > My little follow-up to this issue. This bug is quite critical on > products using bsdinstaller such as FreeSBIE or pfSense. I heard > rumours that PC-BSD also encounter this problem and had to workaround > it by sysinstall. > > Can somebody please take a look at it? > > Thanks, > Dario Hi Dario, The reasons I haven't a filed a PR yet are a) I've been busy with the real world (school has taken up all my time) b) I've received no firsthand reports of anyone duplicating these results, despite repeated requests. All I have is personal experience, plus BSD Installer bug reports that suggest that this "must be" the problem. But I'd like an independent confirmation of the bug itself, before filing a PR. So, I'll ask once again: Does ANYONE else see the same behaviour that I am seeing? Namely: - As root, run "fdisk -u ad1" (or on whatever disk you like) - Tell fdisk(8) "yes, I'd like to change our idea of what the BIOS thinks (of the geometry of this disk)" - Give fdisk(8) any new geometry values you like - Be happy with this choice - Choose to write the new partition table - Get a "GEOM not found" error (optional) - Run "fdisk ad1" again and observe that the geometry hasn't changed I see this on CURRENT as of late last night. -Chris