Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:37:07 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> Subject: Re: From 10 Beta4 to 10 RC1 lost gpt labels added by the installer Message-ID: <F6F345D7-FCDE-4D33-8EE9-71B7CE0656DC@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <52AACB86.8090703@gmail.com> References: <52AACB86.8090703@gmail.com>
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On Dec 13, 2013, at 12:55 AM, Johan Hendriks wrote: > Hello all. >=20 > I installed FreeBSD 10 Beta4 the day before the RC1 release and used the = ZFS install option, all went well. > I then downloaded the new source for 10 RC1 and did a buildworld. > It rebooted, the machine booted fine only did it show an error regarding = the swap space. > I could not mount /dev/gpt/swap0 and /dev/gpt/swap1 >=20 > In /etc/fstab i had the following lines >=20 > # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# > /dev/gpt/swap0 none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/gpt/swap1 none swap sw 0 0 >=20 > this did not work anymore, and i needed to add the glabels instead. >=20 > /dev/diskid/DISK...... and so on. >=20 > /dev/gpt was not there anymore. >=20 > One more thing, i do not like the glabel option, is it possible to create= an option to use gpt labels instead of glabel when creating the pool. GPT labels *are* already used (glabel is not used). > I think glabel is just another layer which can cause trouble. >=20 There's been a similar problem with graid, are you sure that's not what's going on here? That the OS has picked up on some BIOS-created thing? > Another thing when installed Beta4 is the fact that a zpool status shows = the gptid's > This is not a pretty sight, and i think that the installer needs to put t= he kern.geom.label.gptid.enable=3D0 in /boot/loader.conf when using the zfs= option. >=20 Does this need to be diddled in the running kernel before creating the zpool/datasets? or is it simply enough to drop it into loader.conf for the reboot? I'll run some tests. > The install went very smooth, and i really like it. > Thanks all for the great work. >=20 Excellent. I'm working on the code right now. Thank you for feedback. --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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