Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:00:33 -0400 From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Thomas K." <fwd@gothschlampen.com> Subject: Re: Memstick image differences between 8.x and 9.x Message-ID: <4E90C801.4060108@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110081533330.9628@wonkity.com> References: <20111008155252.GA24223.edited@vs2.gothschlampen.com> <CAGH67wTeHVfb01Bc51%2Bd=XCct7cUBfobcg5zWM-Rn%2B3bdM43cg@mail.gmail.com> <4E90B4B1.7000009@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110081533330.9628@wonkity.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE466339F1796D73EB2C7AEE1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10/8/11 5:40 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 8 Oct 2011, Glen Barber wrote: >=20 >> On 10/8/11 2:21 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: >>>> Are there any general structural differences between FreeBSD 8 and 9= >>>> memstick >>>> images which could be at fault here? >>>> >>> >>> The new memstick image uses GPT instead of MBR partitioning. >> >> GPT should have no impact on booting from the memory stick, as far as = I >> am aware. >=20 > Memory stick should not be a problem, but some of the Lenovo notebooks > hate GPT, even with a PMBR: > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D26304 > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D26759 >=20 Ugh, that's annoying. I'm half-tempted to note this in the new installer chapter, but I don't like the idea of such edge cases as these to effectively turn that page into a pseudo-HCL. Maybe this should be noted somewhere in the wiki... --=20 Glen Barber | gjb@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD Documentation Project --------------enigE466339F1796D73EB2C7AEE1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJOkMgGAAoJEFJPDDeguUajhvYIALQn22dWdXMYtCWI0DKs4A1W weN0Is18LqolH4iHIb8l6U74/65y7WDkOqZOsl6IXb7Yo2D5USH+C9uS1+1pJ2tA tA4bfLdCvEy5XWY2MEfEpmdc06nxWKTaTWIZ1GSgVCakwvkh/MuSPcAGLo2gSdQD WCI7E8LzHpKlvEHK44NhXNGPjMZAVI8GpIRTiiitl3PD51yDDUgR1daD94MJG0Wp vEdtIKS8Jb6vdsG5Rypm6t0pUDQCwIzqmaIqPVoZ7sxOsi92esPR603jITT9QnER lJWDbtcyEzARpupWjjUxP9iViw1CRkWSVcX6XAswiOFnbUoM8IHLllMlPTp4KPM= =JOE+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE466339F1796D73EB2C7AEE1--
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