Re: GEOM and moving to CURRENT from 7.1

On 2009-01-15 15:15, Dimitry Andric wrote:
> On 2009-01-14 17:34, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
>>> The only way i've found to boot my system again is to compile a new  
>>> kernel with GEOM_BSD and GEOM_MBR, instead of GEOM_PART_*.
>> Wipe out your second sector on the disk. You have a
>> stale BSD disklabel that prevents the MBR from being
>> used.
> 
> Hmm, in my case I can't do so, since I have a "Dangerously Dedicated"
> FreeBSD MBR partition.  This apparently lets the MBR partition overlap
> with the MBR itself, putting the disklabel on the sector following the
> MBR.

Just as a data point, I can confirm that adding GEOM_MBR fixes this
issue.  At least temporarily, until I find out the proper way. :)