Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:02:36 +0400 From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> To: Nicola Tiling <nti@w4w.net> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPT partitions missing, upgrading 7.4 to 8.3 Message-ID: <504439EC.5000004@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <EB042679-81DF-4C2B-9B14-6CE46BA39D47@w4w.net> References: <EB042679-81DF-4C2B-9B14-6CE46BA39D47@w4w.net>
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On 02.09.2012 19:47, Nicola Tiling wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to upgrade 7.4 to 8.3, but I fail. > > 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? GEOM_PART_GPT cannot be nested. You should backup your data and recreate your partitions, then restore the data. 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. -- WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov
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