From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 16:40:37 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 206152E1 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:40:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D94882B9 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:40:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r03GeU59035076; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 09:40:30 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) with ESMTP id r03GeU15035073; Thu, 3 Jan 2013 09:40:30 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 09:40:29 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Robert Huff Subject: Re: problem after installkernel going from 9.0 to CURRENT In-Reply-To: <50E476D3.2030609@rcn.com> Message-ID: References: <50E0BFA0.6070702@rcn.com> <50E476D3.2030609@rcn.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:40:30 -0700 (MST) Cc: current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:40:37 -0000 On Wed, 2 Jan 2013, Robert Huff wrote: > (While this may not be a strictly CURRENT issue, I asked on > questions@, but have not found a solution.) > > Situation: > One of my boxes failed, and for various reasons it became easier to > just scrub and rebuild it. Like its predecessor it will run CURRENT > 1) Using BSDinstall, I flushed then created the first disk: > > ada2p1 freebsd-boot 128k > ada2p2 freebsd-swap 4g > ada2p3 freebsd-ufs 25g > > (There are non-bootable disks at ada0, -1, and -3.) > > 2) Installed off the 9.0 CD, got it up and running, everything was > good. > 3) Used csup (tag=.) to update the source tree as of 00:01 on 12/30. > 4a) Built world - OK. > 4b) Build kernel - OK. > 4c) Ran mergemaster - OK. > 4d) Installed kernel - OK. > 5) On rebooting, the loader(??) claims to not be able to find a > bootable partition - i.e. I get a screen that ends in "mountroot > ". > Providing the presumptive value by hand returns "error 19". > 6) Boot using installation CD and use "gpart show" to double check > device names and partitions; everything looks good. > 7) Try normal booting again, no go. > > This is my first time installing to a completely GPT partitioned > system, and I have (obviously) failed to grok something. I checked > src/UPDATING and found nothing which covered this. > What have I bungled, and how do I fix it? It really does not sound like a GPT problem, because 9.0 booted. The -current kernel can't find/detect the device. Scrolling back in the console buffer might find a problem. buildworld/kernel/installworld do not affect the disk partitioning, but can change the code that looks for those partitions.