From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Tue Jun 7 08:56:50 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1716B6A3E9 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 08:56:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms-10.1blu.de (ms-10.1blu.de [178.254.4.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9AA8F1EF9 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 08:56:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from [89.204.139.40] (helo=localhost.unixarea.de) by ms-10.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1bACoR-0002YH-LN for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 07 Jun 2016 10:56:40 +0200 Received: from localhost.my.domain (c720-r292778-amd64 [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.unixarea.de (8.15.2/8.14.9) with ESMTPS id u578ucOJ003658 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 10:56:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.15.2/8.14.9/Submit) id u578ubtO003657 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 7 Jun 2016 10:56:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 10:56:37 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: memstick && Invalid partition table Message-ID: <20160607085637.GA3618@c720-r292778-amd64> Reply-To: Matthias Apitz Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT r292778 (amd64) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 89.204.139.40 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 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: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 08:56:51 -0000 Hello, To move a compiled system and kernel to other, smaller device I produce so called memsticks which are made with the script /usr/src/release/amd64/make-memstick.sh They do, i.e. booting fine and showing for example on a netbook Acer C720 in /var/log/messages on attach: Jun 7 10:35:43 c720-r292778-amd64 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0 Jun 7 10:35:43 c720-r292778-amd64 kernel: da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device Jun 7 10:35:43 c720-r292778-amd64 kernel: da0: Serial Number 09022100003131 Jun 7 10:35:43 c720-r292778-amd64 kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers Jun 7 10:35:43 c720-r292778-amd64 kernel: da0: 7712MB (15794176 512 byte sectors) Jun 7 10:35:43 c720-r292778-amd64 kernel: da0: quirks=0x2 wnd with FDISK: $ fdisk da0 ******* Working on device /dev/da0 ******* parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=983 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=983 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: sysid 238 (0xee),(EFI GPT) start 1, size 14683749 (7169 Meg), flag 0 beg: cyl 0/ head 0/ sector 2; end: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63 The data for partition 2 is: The data for partition 3 is: The data for partition 4 is: If I use the fine memstick on some other laptop, in this case a Dell Latitude E6330, it just says 'Invalid partition table!' What could be wrong with it? matthias -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, ⌂ http://www.unixarea.de/ ☎ +49-176-38902045 "Die Verkaufsschlager des Buchmarkts geben Auskunft über den Zustand einer Gesellschaft bzw. sind, was diese Zeiten angeht, Gradmesser fortschreitenden Schwachsinns. ..." (jW 19.05.2016)