Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 09:40:29 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem after installkernel going from 9.0 to CURRENT Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301030937410.35001@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <50E476D3.2030609@rcn.com> References: <50E0BFA0.6070702@rcn.com> <50E476D3.2030609@rcn.com>
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On Wed, 2 Jan 2013, Robert Huff wrote: > (While this may not be a strictly CURRENT issue, I asked on > questions@, but have not found a solution.) > > Situation: > One of my boxes failed, and for various reasons it became easier to > just scrub and rebuild it. Like its predecessor it will run CURRENT > 1) Using BSDinstall, I flushed then created the first disk: > > ada2p1 freebsd-boot 128k > ada2p2 freebsd-swap 4g > ada2p3 freebsd-ufs 25g > > (There are non-bootable disks at ada0, -1, and -3.) > > 2) Installed off the 9.0 CD, got it up and running, everything was > good. > 3) Used csup (tag=.) to update the source tree as of 00:01 on 12/30. > 4a) Built world - OK. > 4b) Build kernel - OK. > 4c) Ran mergemaster - OK. > 4d) Installed kernel - OK. > 5) On rebooting, the loader(??) claims to not be able to find a > bootable partition - i.e. I get a screen that ends in "mountroot > ". > Providing the presumptive value by hand returns "error 19". > 6) Boot using installation CD and use "gpart show" to double check > device names and partitions; everything looks good. > 7) Try normal booting again, no go. > > This is my first time installing to a completely GPT partitioned > system, and I have (obviously) failed to grok something. I checked > src/UPDATING and found nothing which covered this. > What have I bungled, and how do I fix it? It really does not sound like a GPT problem, because 9.0 booted. The -current kernel can't find/detect the device. Scrolling back in the console buffer might find a problem. buildworld/kernel/installworld do not affect the disk partitioning, but can change the code that looks for those partitions.
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