From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 16:19:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2992E10656B9 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:19:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10EAB8FC72 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:19:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta19.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.76]) by qmta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id UDfo1d00C1eYJf8A5GKtXi; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:19:53 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([98.248.46.159]) by omta19.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id UGKs1d00J3S48mS01GKt8q; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:19:53 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9E6291E301C; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:19:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:19:51 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100111161951.GA95676@icarus.home.lan> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: bin/115406: [patch] gpt(8) GPT MBR hangs award BIOS on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:19:53 -0000 On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 06:15:45PM +0200, Dan Naumov wrote: > I have a few questions about this PR: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=115406&cat=bin > > 1) Is this bug now officially fixed as of 8.0-RELEASE? Ie, can I > expect to set up a completely GPT-based system using an Intel > D945GCLF2 board and not have the installation crap out on me later? > > 2) The very last entry into the PR states the following: > "The problem has been addressed in gart(8) and gpt(8) is obsolete, so > no follow-up is to be expected at this time. Close the PR to reflect > this." > > What exactly is "gart" and where do I find it's manpage, > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi comes up with nothing? Also, does > this mean that GPT is _NOT_ in fact fixed regarding this bug? It's a typo -- it should have read gpart(8). -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |