On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 19:09:53 +0100 jo...@jodocus.org wrote: > > 2010/12/5 <jo...@jodocus.org>: > >> Hi > >> > >> I'm trying to upgrade a amd64 box from 7.0-RELEASE to 8.1-RELEASE with > >> freebsd-update. After the first reboot the 8.1R GENERIC kernel loads > >> (I'm > >> using a custom kernel, so at this point the generic kernel is loaded > >> manually) > >> It then claims it can't mount / > >> > > > > GEOM_PART becomes the default slicer > > > > Status: Committed to -CURRENT > > Will appear in 8.0: sure > > Author: Marcel Moolenaar & others > > Web: commit message > > > > GEOM_PART (gpart) is a new GEOM partition class (slicer) and utility > > that rolls up support for many partitioning formats (MBR, BSD, GPT > > etc.) into a single code base. > > > > NOTE: Caveat when upgrading! GEOM_PART might interpret existing > > partition tables (especially if many operating systems are present - > > multi boot) differently than the previous classes. Your devices might > > get renamed.
I guess that's the key paragraph. > > > > NOTE: Some old utilities like bsdlabel may not work if the kernel > > doesn't include GEOM_BSD and other old slicer classes. In other words, > > bsdlabel et al don't work with GEOM_PART. > > > > Maybe you're encountering this trouble right now. what I would advise > > you is using labels. Please do the following : > > > > tunefs -L root /dev/ad4a > > tunefs -L var /dev/ad4e (assuming it's e on your system ?) > > and for usr, tmp, etc ... > > > >>From a fixit environment. then edit your /etc/fstab and place > > /dev/ufs/root /dev/ufs/var instead of hardcoding the device node. > > > > Adding labels to the partitions doesn't help. I've tried both UFS and GEOM > labels. You did point me in the right direction though. > > If I load geom_mbr my partitions show up and all is well. I think it was > actually the slice that wasn't recognized. > > geom_part should have recognized the mbr, right? I've scanned > g_part_mbr_probe() and all the checks it does should succeed. DOSMAGIC is > there. The first byte of each row in the partition table is either 0x80 of > 0x00. geom_part seems to do first match when probing. is there a way for > me to find out which geom_part_* module is staking a claim on my mbr? You mean "on ad4". $ gpart show ad4 Your disk was at one time "dangerously dedicated" and later converted to MBR. But there is still an obsolete BSD label in block 1 of the disk. # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad4 seek=1 count=1 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
