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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8: fails booting from slice ad8s1a
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On Jan 5, 2009, at 4:07 PM, O. Hartmann wrote:

> Since January, 3rd my FreeBSD 8/amd64 box won't boot anymore. I have
> buildworld the most recent sources. Symptomes: after loading and  
> booting
> kernel,
> booting suddenly stops and I'm getting prompted for defining the boot
> slice like
>
> ufs:/dev/ad8s1a
>
> Typing '?' offers GEOM managed slices/partitions/devices. What  
> changed?

GEOM_PART is default.

What are the GEOM managed slices/partitions/devices listed?

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