From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 20 17:13:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF275767; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:13:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from onyx.glenbarber.us (onyx.glenbarber.us [IPv6:2607:fc50:1000:c200::face]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A15C78FC0C; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from glenbarber.us (nucleus.glenbarber.us [IPv6:2001:470:8:1205:2:2:0:100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: gjb) by onyx.glenbarber.us (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2B5DB23F645; Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:13:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:13:50 -0400 From: Glen Barber To: Rainer Duffner Subject: Re: 9.1-RC2 - could it be that the installer does not write the MBR? Message-ID: <20121020171350.GX1393@glenbarber.us> References: <50802EFC.2010101@gmail.com> <20121018184426.63c59601@suse3> <50803B22.7000706@gmail.com> <20121019223841.09866aac@linux-wb36.example.org> <20121019211130.GM1393@glenbarber.us> <20121020020603.628125c8@linux-wb36.example.org> <20121020001401.GQ1393@glenbarber.us> <20121020190402.253eb553@suse3> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="5aNh9si8bffKePh3" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121020190402.253eb553@suse3> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Adrian Chadd , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Chuck Burns X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:13:54 -0000 --5aNh9si8bffKePh3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 07:04:02PM +0200, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Am Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:14:01 -0400 > schrieb Glen Barber : >=20 >=20 > > The grub prompt for (Open)Solaris? Or do you use grub on FreeBSD? >=20 > I thought it was a linux grub (the Firmware-Update DVD is linux-based > and I thought it had gone postal. > But I came to realize that it was the Solaris grub. > We only use FreeBSD on servers and it's always the only OS on the disks. > =20 Ok, thank you. I did not want to assume anything here. > > I _think_ at this point, you've hit the same problem I hit, the only > > difference is that in my case, 9.1-PRERELEASE was installed twice, > > because the paritions were not ideal. > >=20 > > So, my guess is if you were to boot the install cd and select 'Live > > CD' or 'Shell' from the first menu option, and wrote the GPT bootcode > > to da0p1 (assuming da0 is the drive) and reboot, it would have booted > > fine. >=20 >=20 > I don't think this is what a user is expecting from an OS installation > routine.... > It's a bug. >=20 Oh, I agree. For what it is worth, when I ran into this, I just merely thought I did something wrong during the install, so writing the gptboot code to the drive was my quick fix. I originally didn't bother reproducing it, until about an hour later when I saw this thread start. The frustrating part now is I have had zero luck reproducing the problem... Glen --5aNh9si8bffKePh3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJQgtvOAAoJEFJPDDeguUajHJAIAIUngIC5UIuEQC/uVcm0K9zM vbgj/TClargbFGaWkYFHwVXMR1Of4++3i2RsrTsEfKIMsv2pu5DS0BW0B4lX7RvR VWZB9i34w4AWkFpzta4FyYukro/qPHjpzpMMM/iFPazHO3kuYrvcDwyhdgvMYvAE jUlaAQozTMeT6aF678EUfi3Hfu2irw/rzENXJeuyQGckdWjAk+oKGd9VAtDNQb9x SC8V9Yv043r1jmgiB0L5yzRSWzWGZPPISms0hdOHaEvMdtA0Jk7z8LLIJcqs6IqS dGQ19nuh+CEwmvcMOojJQxY2AdB2SoHxyl5UhbX7pkNkV4EYS05XaIj7o4VcIIA= =c7oZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5aNh9si8bffKePh3--