Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:26:19 +1100 From: Antony Mawer <lists@mawer.org> To: John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx> Cc: David Ehrmann <ehrmann@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0rc1 not recognizing partitions on EPIA SN Message-ID: <ea2d4a5b0910170126r78b2afcfib1547722bb3758b8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200910131644.04358.john@baldwin.cx> References: <4ACE6D84.3000209@gmail.com> <4ACE833A.3030506@uffner.com> <4ACE9DFD.3010207@gmail.com> <200910131644.04358.john@baldwin.cx>
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On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:44 AM, John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx> wrote: > On Thursday 08 October 2009 10:20:45 pm David Ehrmann wrote: >> Tom Uffner wrote: >> > David Ehrmann wrote: >> >> First, I tried to upgrade the normal way. I built my own kernel and >> >> installed it, but when I tried to boot it, I got a mountroot> >> >> prompt. When I printed the devices, instead of seeing ad0s1a and >> >> friends, I saw ad0a and ad0d (just those two for ad0). I was still >> >> able to use the old (7.1) kernel fine. Thinking it was something to >> >> do with the upgrade, I tried to do a reinstall. I chose the default >> >> options, but once it got to the "last chance..." screen, this happened: >> >> >> >> Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev! >> >> The creation of filesystems will be aborted. >> > >> > this is becoming an FAQ for 8.0 >> > >> > the short answer is "dangerously dedicated" partitions are not supported >> > by the 8.0 installer. back up your data. zero the MBR & partition table >> > with dd, and re-slice & partition your disk. after the install, restore >> > from your backups. >> > >> > search the freebsd-current archives for full details. >> dd did the trick. >> >> I understand why this was done, but at the same time, upgrading is now >> impractical for some users, and what looks like a fresh installation >> (repartitioned, resliced) can even fail. Is there a change that could >> be made to the partitioning process that would fix this? > > E-mail marcel@. Am I correct in reading this as saying that -any- system which was setup as dangerously dedicated will be unbootable under 8.0, and the only way to fix is to basically repartition and reinstall...? If so ... !!! --Antonyhelp
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