On 8/29/08, Alexey Shuvaev <shuvaev_at_physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote: > Hello list! > > I have tried to install a system with pure gpt partitioning, > but haven't managed to boot from it. > > Partition table: > > => 34 976773101 ad6 GPT (500.1GB) > 34 1571840 1 freebsd-ufs (804.8MB) > 1571874 8388608 2 freebsd-swap (4.3GB) > 9960482 1024 3 freebsd-boot (524.3KB) > 9961506 8388608 4 freebsd-ufs (4.3GB) > 18350114 524288 5 freebsd-ufs (268.4MB) > 18874402 134217728 6 freebsd-ufs (68.7GB) > 153092130 823681005 - free - (421.7GB) > > All necessary files are already installed (ad6p1 = /, ad6p4 = /var, and > so on). The system is 8.0-CURRENT from 8 August (bootable usb flash). > Computer is Core2Duo E8400 3.0 GHz, 4 Gb RAM, ICH9, 500 GB SATA. > What have been done: > > gpart bootcode -b /path/to/pmbr ad6 > [Successful] > > gpart bootcode -p /path/to/gptboot -i 3 ad6 > gpart: /dev/ad6p3: Invalid argument > > I have tried to 'newfs /dev/ad6p3' and then mounting it and copying > gptboot into 'boot' directory on ad6p3, but looking at the sources it > seems to be wrong. > > Then I tried to 'dd if=gptboot of=/dev/ad6p3 bs=512', > but in all cases during the boot the blinking cursor moves 1 line down > and computer freezes here. > > > Is it my local problem? > What is the correct procedure of preparing gpt-only BIOS-bootable system? > You have all following lines (from gpart manual) in your >> custom << kernel? options GEOM_PART_APM options GEOM_PART_BSD options GEOM_PART_GPT options GEOM_PART_MBR options GEOM_PART_PC98 options GEOM_PART_VTOC8 > Thanks, > Alexey. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >Received on Fri Aug 29 2008 - 19:16:07 UTC
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