Re: 8.0rc1 not recognizing partitions on EPIA SN

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.  I built my own kernel and 
> >> installed it, but when I tried to boot it, I got a mountroot> 
> >> prompt.  When I printed the devices, instead of seeing ad0s1a and 
> >> friends, I saw ad0a and ad0d (just those two for ad0).  I was still 
> >> able to use the old (7.1) kernel fine.  Thinking it was something to 
> >> do with the upgrade, I tried to do a reinstall.  I chose the default 
> >> options, but once it got to the "last chance..." screen, this happened:
> >>
> >> 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 supported
> > by the 8.0 installer. back up your data. zero the MBR & partition table
> > with dd, and re-slice & partition your disk. after the install, restore
> > 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.  Is there a change that could 
> be made to the partitioning process that would fix this?

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John Baldwin