Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:49:55 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: How to confuse geom_part_mbr Message-ID: <86tyx0mxjw.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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While installing 8.0-RC2 via a netbooted 7.0-RELEASE: # fdisk -I -B ad0 # bsdlabel -rw ad0 auto # bsdlabel -e ad0 [hmm, that wasn't right!] # fdisk -I -B ad0 # bsdlabel -rw ad0s1 auto # bsdlabel -e ad0s1 # bsdlabel -B ad0s1a # newfs -U -L root ad0s1a # mount /dev/ufs/root /mnt [install to /mnt] # reboot The machine won't boot, even though you have a valid partition table on ad0 that points to a valid bsdlabel in ad0s1. The only way to fix it is to zero the first few sectors of ad0 and re-run fdisk. (yes, I know I should update my nfsroot) DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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