Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:14:09 -0800 (PST) From: Jin Guojun <jguojun@sbcglobal.net> To: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/164399: 9.0 installer failures Message-ID: <1328591649.84868.YahooMailClassic@web82203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <E92A9F87-589B-495B-B17E-EF4EFEC8F17B@fisglobal.com>
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--- On Sat, 2/4/12, Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> wrote: =0Asnapped ... =0A>=A0=A0=A0 In FreeBSD 9, FDISK partition tables can be read and written = using the "fdisk" utility, BUT... =0A=A0 =0A>=A0=A0=A0 If the disk has a GPT partition table, the device-nodes in /d= ev associated =0Awith the FDISK partition table ***will not be created*** until you destr= oy the GPT scheme (using "gpart destroy"). =0A =0A>=A0=A0=A0 This correctly implies that you cannot simultaneously use GPT= =0Aand FDISK within FreeBSD 9 on the same disk, it's one or the other. =0A =0AI assume this implies a bug for 9.0 installer because 6.4-R has not such= problem. =0AIf so, hopefully it can be fixed in 8.3 and 9.1 in next release; =0Aothe= rwise, new FreeBSD cannot co-exist with other OS on the same disk =0Adrive. =0A =0A>>=A0=A0=A0=A0 PS: The 9.0 seems preparing installation and partitioning= the disk like=20 =0A>>=A0=A0=A0=A0 Linux. This is no longer a BSD style :-( =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 You're not alone. Many of us dislike the "everything on one b= ig root" too. =0AIt's not safe (e.g., filling "/tmp" fills boot partition), and it's not = BSD style. =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 If you'd like to install FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE with the old sty= le =0Apartitioning, please try my custom installer that uses the old =0Asys= install(8) (versus new bsdinstall(8)) installer: =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 http://druidbsd.sf.net/ =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 Instructions here: =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 http://druidbsd.sf.net/freebsd_druid.shtml =0A> =0A>=A0=A0=A0 NOTE: However, since you've written GPT layout to disk, you'l= l =0Ahave to clear that before you can use sysinstall(8). No bother, just = =0Aboot into the installer and then press Alt+F4 to go to the "holo shell" = =0Awhere you type first "rescue" (hit ENTER) and then "gpart destroy =0ADIS= KNAME" (where DISKNAME is something like "ada0" -- use "sysctl =0Akern.disk= s" to list disks available). =0A =0AUnfortunately, gaprt destroy does not work. "ls -l" shows that /dev/ad0 = =0Ais a symlike to /dev/ada0, howevr, "gpart destroy ada0" returns Invalid = =0Aargument error: =0A =0Agpart: arg0 'ada0': Invalid argument =0A =0Aand "gpart destroy /dev/ada0" returns the same error.=20 =0A"gpart list -a" and "gpart show" does not output any thing. Installer se= es ada0 as an entire disk.=20 =0AThis looks like a GPT utility tool problem, doesn't it? =0A
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