unlikely secondary GPT LBA

[Andrey V. Elsukov]

On 29.07.2010 4:24, Joan Picanyol i Puig wrote:
>>> # add boot partition, aligning it's end to 1MB boundary
>>> gpart add -b 64 -s 1984 -t freebsd-boot -l boot /dev/mirror/system
>>
>> Do your system successfully boots from this partition?
> 
> Well, I'm currently unable to answer this question. Both drives are behind the 
> same twa controller (3Ware 9650) and I've been unable to change the boot disc 
> from the BIOS (over serial). Not surprisingly, the currently installed by 
> default boot0 does not know how to pass control to a loader in a GPT partition.

I think it will not boot. freebsd-boot partition should be smaller than 545kb.

> So, what explains the messages? gpart probes the disk before gmirror (or at 

Perhaps you are right. You can enable G_T_TOPOLOGY debug printfs via
kern.geom.debugflags=1. This can help to see what happens.

Also, can you show `gpart list` and `gpart show` output?


-- 
WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov

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