bin/164097: bsdinstall(8): always installs GPT

[Devin Teske]

The following reply was made to PR bin/164097; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Devin Teske <devin.teske at fisglobal.com>
To: <bug-followup at FreeBSD.org>, <ariane at stack.nl>
Cc: Devin Teske <devin.teske at fisglobal.com>
Subject: Re: bin/164097: bsdinstall(8): always installs GPT
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:32:57 -0800

 I am experiencing the same problem ... with sysinstall(8)!!!
 
 I used /usr/src/release/Makefile.sysinstall to cut myself a legacy installe=
 r for the 9.0 branch ... a sysinstall(8) installer versus the new bsdinstal=
 l installer cut from /usr/src/release/Makefile.
 
 When all was said and done (sysinstall crunched into boot_crunch using /usr=
 /src/release/i386/boot_crunch.conf), sysinstall(8) is for some reason writi=
 ng GPT labels even though it never has done so before.
 
 I'll go into sysinstall's disk partition editor, lay down a legacy filesyst=
 em, write it out, and then look at /dev to find that it didn't create /dev/=
 ada0s* but instead /dev/ada0p* (what's worse is that gpart subsequently sho=
 ws GPT but with "[CORRUPT]" next to it).
 
 This is completely hampering my ability to use sysinstall(8) as-built from =
 RELENG_9 to install RELENG_9.
 
 I'm left wondering if something changed in devfs or in libdisk.
 --=20
 Devin
 
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