From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 1 23:12:07 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D1CE1065672; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 23:12:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.thyer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE7D58FC14; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 23:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyh15 with SMTP id 15so2307408wyh.13 for ; Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:12:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Ze27s/htWK2m97kXDLJHem4nGlHhGriUb/aVcL7VQTk=; b=uREH1Q7cLM3Y4ta0UvlTkbZ5A7Ul9EqvJgJ1iARhVaK7bSCpxC8bHPAkmKL0lzg5Jj oT80kmcv83Et0/elL+te8Z3CGW2c1UkmqQqLpqyaFZFQdkpkVrjYbJOPAPFLoViVwW4P jAKzXLVrw6kTRrkhim5l8wFj9Ic4gSN9GOiIw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.133.5 with SMTP id p5mr848598wei.87.1314918725588; Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:12:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.39.80 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:12:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.39.80 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:12:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E600753.4030400@freebsd.org> References: <24B9852A-8DE4-4BC6-9B55-2D74E414E31D@gmail.com> <4E600753.4030400@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 08:42:05 +0930 Message-ID: From: Matt Thyer To: Nathan Whitehorn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Warren Block , Garrett Cooper , Jason Campbell , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems booting 9.0-BETA1 memstick X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 23:12:07 -0000 On Sep 2, 2011 7:59 AM, "Nathan Whitehorn" wrote: > > On 09/01/11 17:23, Matt Thyer wrote: >> >> On Sep 2, 2011 5:25 AM, "Warren Block" 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 During production of the memstick image? So don't use makefs then.