From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 18:51:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E5B4106564A for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:51:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C9998FC15 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.4/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id p8AIoX5x060021 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:50:34 +0200 (CEST) X-Ids: 164 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 452F120488 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:51:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id 3138240DE; Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:51:10 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:51:10 +0200 From: Michel Talon To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110910185110.GA92641@lpthe.jussieu.fr> References: <20110910164401.GA89611@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <4E6BA322.8090901@a1poweruser.com> <20110910181930.GA2346@woden.rodolphoeck.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110910181930.GA2346@woden.rodolphoeck.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 4E6BB19F.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4E6BB19F.000/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ Subject: Re: returning to 8.2 from 9.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:51:13 -0000 On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 03:19:30PM -0300, Rodolpho Henrique Orlovsky Eckhardt wrote: > On 13:49 Sat 10 Sep , Fbsd8 wrote: > > After erasing the front of the HD nether 9.0 or 8.2 will install. > > Can I use livecd dd command to erase the second copy of the GPT? > > Where is it at? > > Try "gpart destroy -F ". You should be able to recreate a GPT or MBR scheme after that. > If gpart destroy doesn't work, perhaps gpart recover followed by gpart destroy may work. If gpart is unavailable, reading man gpart shows that the second copy is at the end of the disk. -- Michel TALON