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Date:      Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:23:06 -0500
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problem after installkernel going from 9.0 to CURRENT
Message-ID:  <50E612DA.8020704@rcn.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301030937410.35001@wonkity.com>
References:  <50E0BFA0.6070702@rcn.com> <50E476D3.2030609@rcn.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301030937410.35001@wonkity.com>

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On 1/3/2013 11:40 AM, Warren Block wrote:
> 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
>>
>>     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".
>
> It really does not sound like a GPT problem, because 9.0 booted.

	I don't (at the moment) think it's GPT caused; but I do think it may be 
GPT related.


>								  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.

	Exactly.  I'm looking for help figuring out how the hand-off from 
loader to kernel got broken and what I have to do to fix it.
	One possibility: I believe I labeled each of the partitions during the 
gpt creation process.  Can I use those labels to (hopefully) by-pass 
this issue?


			Robert Huff



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