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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:26:18 -0800
From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To: Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@intel.com>
Cc: freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: FreeBSD ia64 install problems WAS: install on Dell Precision Work Station 730
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 06:07:53PM -0800, Arun Sharma wrote:
> 
> Now if I convert the MBR based partition table into a fake MBR (with a
> single EFI GPT partition), I can't mount root anymore from ufs:da0s2a.

That's because it'll be ufs:da0s1a. By removing the MBR, you remove
the MBR based mapping. What happens is that the GPT takes over, which
has it's own mapping.

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 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net

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