From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon May 25 09:10:01 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23F6D2F9031 for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 09:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49Vrs36m3Mz4dRG for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 09:09:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([94.222.22.204]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue012 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1My6xz-1iolVr1MR5-00zUel; Mon, 25 May 2020 11:09:48 +0200 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 11:09:46 +0200 From: Polytropon To: dwilde1@gmail.com Cc: David Christensen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation of 12.1R and 11.3R fails Message-Id: <20200525110946.dd7440ac.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:7IfvPWX+ffud5zU/U+rFXyzVB7qGERf+O4jvq81D1esiwCxEwd0 xVCFL9Slto1OKlree7/m21z7McY9C4Y8o0CJ5S7jbV9NhYvs7Sz9olVaju5GaLX0EPN36cn 8TWceSWXqeltJbhmVVvOoe+gp3K1Zi5ibm7ReP2Ggdp2wA92cbQTbdl2xGRnbAITeHWDQis XeB9jU+jY6uKHLRZMItNQ== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:aZntl+f56o0=:TsS+luwCnOpnY328eWVDia oZXUcB43SDgSivWj7PZ/r1m2Ft8tlMQGdzCbiXB392keLMyr2Ttr4KMWl94NIJYxJiI2s6qbM c7Yiz6psMStwSznRKLkrSX3kqOGLcUxkYd1ljqX7W5nyDHY0v6NjD4a9p3dXA40dzotsJf9EC oRrNiNgPwWVvxyafM1Qy4recOEbsc1a9fi5FiXlqWUep8lgaGCYanUuUD7pRfsOr/XjmpfBLP 3rzGOi98py7/Wi2430UK7bcbL7pQRB9eb1v7y8N5/z6dlOiKden9GnhTDraz/SAPLO8PcV3SA FERgtwf/ZPu0FoZqM9onpxfoI3jrTT2e/HV25DINxhi1eF07PlLX5YKOwPqs28vQrXkSLuQuP e7n1J3JMcJE0FuxrdOxa7c0eVT7HHlKAW4TaN8JOAeFZIr+i+hKJWiIs9PlRkrhNgIBrqDxcg 6QTuWeO76dhGB64MrRcAkPmR/BGboEj7bVfEH4Ia8NLfiG2t08SFLm+P5gLwXNT7e2rJF7Obl vti4vtV6R60N5eb7YvQtbaZ+8W8Toz+6LbCUPuNjYGFs8ocvJG1y9NdYZUPGrUqAsF6/WJxzq GM+gSB+bygGG/637ec6q9nrbz03h83J5qUx5q7ja/b7Z2o7sbul1hEyAqMTBKKGSW7xTign7v ENZznGORUgghhKypoLAh/PPmkNSGCem1jL+Z7e0Pp8ergOax3cn9XX7wBVly6sFT/ChsY8eKH WAXmLmeGBTIGwR5MmkhWc2keMyFq6IlFeFjVQY2rcrvFgGfi8Nghx7R6eO2S7CXu3KZDDUKa1 AYvyvl7kOzIbQYmZGoNgFXWF6HdkCQddc+RNzxPuZaCnCt55EB4QF8OyRMuCLYuIuUZMVxU X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49Vrs36m3Mz4dRG X-Spamd-Bar: ++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@edvax.de has no SPF policy when checking 212.227.126.131) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@edvax.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.98 / 15.00]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.39)[-0.392]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[94.222.22.204:received]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:212.227.0.0/16, country:DE]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.50)[0.505]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.47)[0.465]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[212.227.126.131:from]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[212.227.126.131:from]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 09:10:01 -0000 On Sun, 24 May 2020 16:48:33 -0700, Donald Wilde wrote: > I had to remain with the MBR-based system. GPT just flat-out did not > work for me but I have got a working system and successfully updated > it to 12-STABLE. This is a strange observation, but still possible. Modern systems should work with GPT just fine. For example, I have a Lenovo laptop, probably 10+ years old, where I have a FreeBSD 12 installation using GPT for partitioning. This has been done using the "bsdinstall" installer. Sometimes a specific combination of { GPT | MBR | dedicated } x { BIOS | UEFI } can cause problems. It _should_ not, though. Please also see this excellent overview: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html > I did have a glitch that led to a recursive stack crash, though, > forcing a reinstall. Updating the Handbook required me to build both > graphviz and vala, but neither of them would work without already > having a graphviz and vala on the system. Install with 'pkg install' > worked. It would be very strange if there was a "cyclic dependency" for those ports... however, using "pkg install" solves most problems with ports. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...