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Date:      Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:40:12 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Chuck Burns <break19@gmail.com>, Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de>
Subject:   Re: 9.1-RC2 - could it be that the installer does not write the MBR?
Message-ID:  <20121020174012.GZ1393@glenbarber.us>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1210192218450.58429@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:21:54PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> I don't know if this is the problem, but it is worth pointing out that=20
> graid(8) is now included in GENERIC.  Leftover hardware RAID metadata=20
> could make for unexpected results.  For example,
> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D35168

Definitely worth noting.  GEOM_MIRROR can do this too, iirc.

In my case, however, the target installation disk was not previously
part of any RAID configuration, software or otherwise.

Glen


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