From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 5 20:28:14 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2439106564A for ; Wed, 5 May 2010 20:28:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A6F38FC1A for ; Wed, 5 May 2010 20:28:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm15 with SMTP id 15so5095335fxm.13 for ; Wed, 05 May 2010 13:28:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=1fdk5aApQvP6M+jELlIRSb51J976hKjKMbTVGSvAkXA=; b=C51HvxdhWCdX37dgDankqMJICGVY2s2C8zEB5btXKH0hSCQT9F88HsiBh6qChTx4B0 Vpcyb24dYxt1KEbuiy/yT7UBv4GlZxq6bV4kUEoOZHroeGwu4yR+RyIRY1w4ljn6xJW/ LNFwLNHvlG6KirmnGdEYhDG6hv+LUGOlkKHuA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=FnE7/Zjsg0vvgXp4quCQvsbVmHnx9cUZIid9KPDCP81No/KbGmYlTwyjoTSsXdeG/F UivmrG/TBroe4XQVzh8YeGaLdYetpXByancK7Kx/YhRTgOz3cRYJ1PjOw4lvFsemjngI +Byf++4mhAlQ6pzFL2ZIp82V2n9sDyPrqNp40= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.129.197 with SMTP id 5mr801284hbg.77.1273091286836; Wed, 05 May 2010 13:28:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.239.165.129 with HTTP; Wed, 5 May 2010 13:28:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100505195544.be380d17.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100505195544.be380d17.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 21:28:06 +0100 Message-ID: From: krad To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: dangerously dedicated disks and 8-stable status X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 20:28:14 -0000 On 5 May 2010 18:55, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 5 May 2010 17:17:09 +0100, krad wrote: > > I updated a production box at work last night from freebsd 6.2 to > 8-stable, > > via 7-stable. The upgrade went ok just a minor glitch in jumping from 7 > to > > 8. Basically all the device names changed from mfid0s1[a-g] to > mfid0[a-g]. I > > presume this is because the initial layout was in dangerously dedicated > > mode. > > That's strange. "Dangerously" dedicated partitioning omits the > slicing part, so if you had mfid0s1[a-g] in 6 and 7, there was > a slice. Maybe the mfi driver is different in 8 in terms of > representing the disks? > > > > > Two issues here why did the naming scheme seem to indicate a more > > normal MBR disk layout in bsd 6 and 7. > > Very strange - if you can check booting from a live system CD > or DVD with FreeBSD 6 and 7, and the disks are mfid0s1[a-g], > and if you boot into FreeBSD 8, the disks are mfid0[a-g], that's > really strange... > > I agree, but it definitely happened, as i did the upgrade remotely. Luckily the data center was only a mile or so away from my home, so it wasn't a major disaster to console it, point the kernel at the correct device and tweak fstab. COst me an hour more sleep than it had to though 8( I have another box to do in the next day or so. Is there anything you recommend me looking at/running? Hopefully this box will have a drac card in it 8) > > > > Second what is the current status of > > dangerously dedicated in 8-stable as i thought support was being dropped. > > The support has been removed from sysinstall. You can't create > dedicated partitions (without slice) with sysinstall, but you > can create them manually (e. g. using bsdlabel and newfs). So > support isn't dropped at all - dedicated disks just is a new > special secret feature. :-) > > > This was the bit i was worried about, as i didnt want to get caught out in the future when I want to upgrade again > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >