From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 3 05:43:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7829B106566B for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2012 05:43:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nicolas@i.0x5.de) Received: from n.0x5.de (n.0x5.de [217.197.85.144]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F6078FC18 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2012 05:43:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pc5.i.0x5.de (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 3X9KcX6T49z7yTL; Mon, 3 Sep 2012 07:34:36 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 07:34:36 +0200 From: Nicolas Rachinsky To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120903053436.GA2238@mid.pc5.i.0x5.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org References: <504439EC.5000004@yandex.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <504439EC.5000004@yandex.ru> X-Powered-by: FreeBSD X-Homepage: http://www.rachinsky.de X-PGP-Keyid: 887BAE72 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 039E 9433 115F BC5F F88D 4524 5092 45C4 887B AE72 X-PGP-Keys: http://www.rachinsky.de/nicolas/gpg/nicolas_rachinsky.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: GPT partitions missing, upgrading 7.4 to 8.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:43:19 -0000 * "Andrey V. Elsukov" [2012-09-03 09:02 +0400]: > On 02.09.2012 19:47, Nicola Tiling wrote: > > I'm trying to upgrade 7.4 to 8.3, but I fail. > > > > On a third slice I have nine gpt partitions. Originally they were created under 6.2 with "gpt". > > The upgrade from 6.4 to 7.4 runs without problems, but now from 7.4 to 8.3 the partitions are not > > found. I can't see them under /dev and gpart list shows curious things, a fifth slice in the > > third and a EBR scheme instead of GPT. I have load the kernel modules geom_part_gtp, > > geom_part_mbr, geom_part_bsd. Is there a save way to install 8.3 or is it dead-end? > > GEOM_PART_GPT cannot be nested. Is there any technical reason for that? Would there be any problems if the nesting check is removed? 7.X worked just fine with a gpt inside a slice or partition. Nicolas -- http://www.rachinsky.de/nicolas