Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 08:44:34 -0700 From: "Peter" <fbsdq@peterk.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 10.0-RC5 - Installer creates multiple freebsd-boot partitions Message-ID: <6f6b2a9b3dc9b7c8acccc9f67e4dc31b.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> In-Reply-To: <20140109161818.GK64543@glenbarber.us> References: <20140109161818.GK64543@glenbarber.us>
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http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=185449 :#gpart show ada0 => 34 3907029101 ada0 GPT (1.8T) 34 128 1 freebsd-boot (64K) 162 8388608 2 freebsd-ufs (4.0G) 8388770 20971520 3 freebsd-swap (10G) 29360290 3877668844 4 freebsd-ufs (1.8T) 3907029134 1 - free - (512B) ada0p2 had FreeBSD 9 amd64 on it, installing FreeBSD 10 RC5 amd64 to ada0p2 ada0p4 is my 'data' partition left untouched. During install if I delete my OS partition [ada0p2], then create partition, the installer complains that I'm missing freebsd-boot even though ada0p1 is never touched - I have two options, let it create or "ignore"; If I say create, then I have two 'freebsd-boot' partitions If I say ignore [virtualbox fresh 10-RC4 -> 10-RC5] it still boots properly. I had to delete both ada0p1 and ada0p2, and then the installer correctly created freebsd-boot on ada0p1 and freebsd-ufs on ada0p2. Any way to get the installer to detect an already existing freebsd-boot partition to use? This threw me off for a second only, but I can see where many will say 'create' and will have a new freebsd-boot partition created on each reinstall.
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