bin/161677: gpart(8) Probably bug in gptboot

[Alexander Yerenkow]

The following reply was made to PR bin/161677; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Alexander Yerenkow <yerenkow at gmail.com>
To: Andriy Gapon <avg at freebsd.org>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/161677: gpart(8) Probably bug in gptboot
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:59:58 +0300

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 2011/10/17 Andriy Gapon <avg at freebsd.org>
 
 >
 > This looks like an issue with BIOS emulation in Virtualbox, actually.
 > I think I've already seen some commits that hack our boot code to play
 > better
 > with Virtualbox.  Try to build the boot blocks that you use for those
 > images
 > with -DVIRTUALBOX option.
 >
 
 Don't think so;
 I got same error if I dd it to USB flash and try to boot on two different
 laptops.
 The only workaround I've found yet - is not use amd64 :)
 
 
 >
 > --
 > Andriy Gapon
 >
 
 
 
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 Regards,
 Alexander Yerenkow
 
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 <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2011/10/17 Andriy Gapon <span dir=3D"ltr=
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 This looks like an issue with BIOS emulation in Virtualbox, actually.<br>
 I think I&#39;ve already seen some commits that hack our boot code to play =
 better<br>
 with Virtualbox. =A0Try to build the boot blocks that you use for those ima=
 ges<br>
 with -DVIRTUALBOX option.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Don&#39;t thi=
 nk so;</div><div>I got same error if I dd it to USB flash and try to boot o=
 n two different laptops.</div><div>The only workaround I&#39;ve found yet -=
  is not use amd64 :)</div>
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 border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
 <font color=3D"#888888"><br>
 --<br>
 Andriy Gapon<br>
 </font></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Regards,<br>Alex=
 ander Yerenkow<br>
 
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