Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 18:40:02 GMT From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/130698: [boot] FreeBSD 8-CURRENT does not start any more since Dec. 10th [regression] Message-ID: <200905061840.n46Ie2pq066737@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/130698; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, tps@vr-web.de Cc: Subject: Re: kern/130698: [boot] FreeBSD 8-CURRENT does not start any more since Dec. 10th [regression] Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 14:39:26 -0400 gpart does not support "dangerously dedicated" disks and they have been deprecated in FreeBSD for a long time now. The reason gpart rejects it is the partition does not start on a cylinder boundary (instead it starts one sector into the disk). You can ask marcel@ if he wants to make an exception, but DD disks have been deprecated for quite a while and I believe sysinstall has not let you create them for several years now. -- John Baldwin
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