Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:29:39 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Matt Thyer <matt.thyer@gmail.com> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, Jason Campbell <jason.lee.campbell@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting 9.0-BETA1 memstick Message-ID: <4E600753.4030400@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CACM2%2B-4uLz-3e_NcgKVUj2cfDnA27Wn2qgazUYtNrXrtz0tYYg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMG0UAh1=Jy_eD5t%2BV_MkhVJrMFoe-OQQFgut1USr6v9CWMj4A@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108302109370.49311@wonkity.com> <CACM2%2B-4aU8VqaaKQnAXszFsU-097NLqHGdJP_u5LnbBWVoVtng@mail.gmail.com> <24B9852A-8DE4-4BC6-9B55-2D74E414E31D@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109011345510.80217@wonkity.com> <CACM2%2B-4uLz-3e_NcgKVUj2cfDnA27Wn2qgazUYtNrXrtz0tYYg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 09/01/11 17:23, Matt Thyer wrote:
> On Sep 2, 2011 5:25 AM, "Warren Block"<wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 1, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Matt Thyer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Shouldn't we use MBR partitioning instead of GPT for the memstick image
> ?
>
>> It seems wrong to have gptboot just ignore backup GPT data, but it could
> be an option. Can it actually do something if the backup GPT differs, or is
> it testing for an error that can't be handled?
>>
>> MBR didn't have backup data ("Luxury! Pure luxury!"), and it did okay.
>
> A custom hacked gptboot just for the memstick?
>
> Sorry.... Been working with Linux too much lately.
>
> Probably the real solution is to use MBR and have BSDinstall and the install
> kernel support UFS labels. Space on the memstick is not an issue.
Both support that. The issue is makefs(8).
-Nathan
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