Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:11:10 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: xcllnt@mac.com, bu7cher@yandex.ru, demelier.david@gmail.com Cc: joost@jodocus.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't mount root during freebsd-update 7.0 -> 8.1 on amd64 Message-ID: <4cfc2a1e.rR/F7W1rhymw3F2n%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikPSSTeOWHbKfypisrdRjrA7uPP_GMRZ5qNkHsT@mail.gmail.com> References: <d4da7a77756c4678132be5f2a147ce56.squirrel@jodocus.org> <AANLkTikPSSTeOWHbKfypisrdRjrA7uPP_GMRZ5qNkHsT@mail.gmail.com>
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David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote: > Here : http://ivoras.sharanet.org/freebsd/freebsd8.html > > GEOM_PART becomes the default slicer > > Status: Committed to -CURRENT > Will appear in 8.0: sure > Author: Marcel Moolenaar & others > Web: commit message > > GEOM_PART (gpart) is a new GEOM partition class (slicer) and > utility that rolls up support for many partitioning formats > (MBR, BSD, GPT etc.) into a single code base. > ... > NOTE: Some old utilities like bsdlabel may not work if the kernel > doesn't include GEOM_BSD and other old slicer classes. In other > words, bsdlabel et al don't work with GEOM_PART. Does this mean that, in 8.1-RELEASE, bsdlabel/disklabel will not work with the GENERIC kernel (which includes GEOM_PART_GPT and GEOM_LABEL, but no other GEOM_ pieces AFAICT)?
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