From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 13 21:18:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF4191065670 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:18:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FFE88FC13 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:18:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2FD8C46B2A; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:18:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jhbbsd.hudson-trading.com (unknown [209.249.190.8]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7F84A8A01F; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:18:34 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:44:03 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <4ACE6D84.3000209@gmail.com> <4ACE833A.3030506@uffner.com> <4ACE9DFD.3010207@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ACE9DFD.3010207@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200910131644.04358.john@baldwin.cx> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:18:34 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_NONE, SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:47:18 +0000 Cc: David Ehrmann Subject: Re: 8.0rc1 not recognizing partitions on EPIA SN X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:18:35 -0000 On Thursday 08 October 2009 10:20:45 pm David Ehrmann wrote: > Tom Uffner wrote: > > David Ehrmann wrote: > >> First, I tried to upgrade the normal way. I built my own kernel and > >> installed it, but when I tried to boot it, I got a mountroot> > >> prompt. When I printed the devices, instead of seeing ad0s1a and > >> friends, I saw ad0a and ad0d (just those two for ad0). I was still > >> able to use the old (7.1) kernel fine. Thinking it was something to > >> do with the upgrade, I tried to do a reinstall. I chose the default > >> options, but once it got to the "last chance..." screen, this happened: > >> > >> Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev! > >> The creation of filesystems will be aborted. > > > > this is becoming an FAQ for 8.0 > > > > the short answer is "dangerously dedicated" partitions are not supported > > by the 8.0 installer. back up your data. zero the MBR & partition table > > with dd, and re-slice & partition your disk. after the install, restore > > from your backups. > > > > search the freebsd-current archives for full details. > dd did the trick. > > I understand why this was done, but at the same time, upgrading is now > impractical for some users, and what looks like a fresh installation > (repartitioned, resliced) can even fail. Is there a change that could > be made to the partitioning process that would fix this? E-mail marcel@. -- John Baldwin