bin/164281: bsdinstall(8): please allow sysinstall as installer option

[Devin Teske]

The following reply was made to PR bin/164281; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Devin Teske <devin.teske at fisglobal.com>
To: "'CeDeROM'" <cederom at tlen.pl>
Cc: <bug-followup at freebsd.org>
Subject: RE: bin/164281: bsdinstall(8): please allow sysinstall as installer option
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:42:40 -0800

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: tomek.cedro at gmail.com [mailto:tomek.cedro at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
 > CeDeROM
 > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:16 PM
 > To: Devin Teske
 > Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org
 > Subject: Re: bin/164281: bsdinstall(8): please allow sysinstall as instal=
 ler option
 >=20
 > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Devin Teske <devin.teske at fisglobal.com>
 > wrote:
 > > Behold! FreeBSD Druid!
 > > http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/
 > > Install FreeBSD 9.0 with sysinstall (!!)
 >=20
 > Uhm, on commit there is an error that "installer is unable to find
 > device node to /dev/ada0s1b in /dev", it happens both on clean install
 > on blank disk and reinstall over existing partitions..
 >=20
 
 You've previously attempted to install with "bsdinstall" and you've written=
  a GPT label to your disk.
 
 Since sysinstall knows nothing of GPT *and* since the 9.0 kernel refuses to=
  create MBR devices in /dev unless your disk is free of GPT labels ...
 
 You must destroy the backup GPT label stored in the last sector. This can e=
 asily be done from the "holographic" shell started by the DRUID just before=
  prompting you to select your desired release.
 
 1. Once prompted to select your desired release (e.g., 9.0/i386 or 9.0/amd6=
 4) Press Alt+F4 to get the "holographic" shell
 2. At the "#" prompt, type "rescue" and hit ENTER
 3. At the bash prompt, type "sysctl kern.disks" to list your disk device-na=
 me (e.g. "ad0", "ad1", "da0", "da1", "ada0", etc.)
 4. Destroy the GPT backup layout by executing: gpart destroy -F device-name
 NOTE: device-name is something like "ad0" (as-listed by "sysctl kern.disks")
 
 You can then press Alt+F1 and select your desired release without getting t=
 he error message about disk allocation failing.
 --=20
 Devin
 
 
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