Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:07:23 -0700 From: Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> To: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: efi: WARNING: Unable to alias diskid/DISK-... to enc@n306168... - path too long Message-ID: <f5db0874e58bdd9ba11000cee5ce88bc@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2gv7T%2BPcWnALbS1goQeSSFeZu3hUmKx0X7skQ7tcPTqdg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:37:34 -0600 Alan Somers asomers@freebsd.org said > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 10:56 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:48:08 -0600 Alan Somers asomers@freebsd.org said > > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 10:37 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm getting the following message on a fresh install of 12.1: > > > > WARNING: Unable to alias diskid/DISK-WD-WCANM2154600 to > > > > > > > > enc@n3061686369656d30/type@0/slot@1/elmdesc@Slot_00 > > /diskid/DISK-WD-WCANM2154600 > > > > - path too long > > > > Actually, there are several similar messages. Which required me to > > > > perform several disk related tasks in order to get a successful boot > > > > into the new system. It's GPT/UFS(2) if it matters. But I suspect > > > > it's more related to fbsd' implementation of EFI, as it relates to my > > > > BIOS' implementation (Intel Sandy Bridge). 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.geom.label.disk_ident.enable=0. > > Thanks for the reply! > > It's during boot, and found in dmesg.boot. I wouldn't care so much, > > except I was unable to boot into the system until I performed a > > gpart modify -i <N> -l <SLICE-LABEL> on all the slices, and modify > > fstab(5) accordingly. Kind of a rough start for an install IMHO. :) > > > > Thanks again, for the reply, Alan! > > > > --Chris > > > How did you setup your zroot? This shouldn't matter unless you used those > long aliases as the vdevs for your zroot pool. Thanks for the reply, Alan. As mentioned above; the disk is GPT/UFS(2). I chose "custom" from the disk layout dialog from the install media. I chose UFS/softupdates, and later, after getting a successful boot onto the drive. I added journaling. But that's it. Nothing fancy. Thanks again. --Chris
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