Hi,
On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:02:08 +0200 (CEST)
Trond Endrest=F8l <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 08:00+0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> =
> > does your GENERIC have these options enabled:
> =
> No, the GENERIC kernel is untouched by me.
> =
> The generic GENERIC kernel contains only:
> =
> options GEOM_PART_GPT # GUID Partition Tables.
> options GEOM_LABEL # Provides labelization
> =
> I'll try the options/modules listed below
> =
> > options GEOM_PART_BSD
> > options GEOM_PART_MBR
you need at least these two to boot UFS on a MBR schema.
> > options GEOM_PART_GPT
> > options GEOM_RAID
> > options GEOM_LABEL
> > options GEOM_PART_EBR
You should also need the last one.
> > options GEOM_PART_EBR_COMPAT
I use this as I was told to do so but I do not know if this is really
needed.
> > =
> > If not or if you are not sure try to load these modules during boot
> > time. Of course, if you do not use GPT or RAID, you do not have to
> > load these modules.
> =
> If you've followed this thread you'll probably remember me doing some =
> experiments in VirtualBox at home last evening local time.
I saw.
> =
> An untouched stable/8 GENERIC kernel had no problem mounting the root =
> fs when told to do so by way of a UFS label, i.e. /dev/ufs/root. I =
> tried VirtualBox' IDE controller and SCSI controller, and it worked =
> flawlessly each time.
> =
The only idea I have is that the GENERIC configuration has changed. I
remember a change in this are when 10 was still CURRENT which gave me
some confusion. OK, this was CURRENT, this should not happen on the old
8.x.
Erich
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