Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-23 Thread Ian Smith
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, John wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 05:34:10PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > > In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 294, Issue 12, Message 19 > > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:35:21 -0600 John wrote: > > [..] > > > > > OK! Well! Good news! After a sort. > > > > > > > > > > I

Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-22 Thread John
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 05:34:10PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 294, Issue 12, Message 19 > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:35:21 -0600 John wrote: > [..] > > > > OK! Well! Good news! After a sort. > > > > > > > > I switched to BootMgr, and it came right up with 8.0! >

Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-22 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 294, Issue 12, Message 19 On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:35:21 -0600 John wrote: [..] > > > OK! Well! Good news! After a sort. > > > > > > I switched to BootMgr, and it came right up with 8.0! > > > > > > Slight downside - extra prompt during boot, and of course,

Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-22 Thread Fbsd1
John wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 04:35:21PM -0600, John wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:01:02AM -0600, John wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:09:50AM -0600, John wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 07:27:56AM -0600, John wrote: On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:36:14AM -0600, John wrote: On Fri, Ja

Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-22 Thread Tim Judd
> OK - my current best theory is that if the Standard boot manager > is faced with anything other than exactly 1 bootable slice (partition > to it), it defaults to "Invalid partition table." I'll bet anyone > lunch that this is true. Any takers? I've read before: the standard bootloader lo

Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-22 Thread John
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 04:35:21PM -0600, John wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:01:02AM -0600, John wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:09:50AM -0600, John wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 07:27:56AM -0600, John wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:36:14AM -0600, John wrote: > > > > >

Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-22 Thread John
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:01:02AM -0600, John wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:09:50AM -0600, John wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 07:27:56AM -0600, John wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:36:14AM -0600, John wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:16:59PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: > > > >

Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-22 Thread John
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:09:50AM -0600, John wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 07:27:56AM -0600, John wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:36:14AM -0600, John wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:16:59PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: > > > > John wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25:26PM +0800

Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation (GOOD NEWS!)

2010-01-22 Thread John
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 07:27:56AM -0600, John wrote: > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:36:14AM -0600, John wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 08:16:59PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: > > > John wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:25:26PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: > > > >> John wrote: > > > >>> On Thu, Jan 21, 20