From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 17 08:26:21 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 09456106566B for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:26:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@mawer.org) Received: from mail-pz0-f202.google.com (mail-pz0-f202.google.com [209.85.222.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF0B58FC0A for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:26:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk40 with SMTP id 40so2214090pzk.7 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:26:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.203.12 with SMTP id a12mr948172rvg.213.1255767979274; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:26:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200910131644.04358.john@baldwin.cx> References: <4ACE6D84.3000209@gmail.com> <4ACE833A.3030506@uffner.com> <4ACE9DFD.3010207@gmail.com> <200910131644.04358.john@baldwin.cx> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:26:19 +1100 Message-ID: From: Antony Mawer To: John Baldwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: David Ehrmann , freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:26:21 -0000 On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:44 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > 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. =A0I built my own kernel an= d >> >> installed it, but when I tried to boot it, I got a mountroot> >> >> prompt. =A0When I printed the devices, instead of seeing ad0s1a and >> >> friends, I saw ad0a and ad0d (just those two for ad0). =A0I was still >> >> able to use the old (7.1) kernel fine. =A0Thinking it was something t= o >> >> do with the upgrade, I tried to do a reinstall. =A0I chose the defaul= t >> >> options, but once it got to the "last chance..." screen, this happene= d: >> >> >> >> 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 support= ed >> > by the 8.0 installer. back up your data. zero the MBR & partition tabl= e >> > with dd, and re-slice & partition your disk. after the install, restor= e >> > 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. =A0Is there a change that could >> be made to the partitioning process that would fix this? > > E-mail marcel@. Am I correct in reading this as saying that -any- system which was setup as dangerously dedicated will be unbootable under 8.0, and the only way to fix is to basically repartition and reinstall...? If so ... !!! --Antony