9.1 install wipes out gpart boot blocks?

2013-01-30 Thread Gary Aitken
I used gpart to set up a new disk, then went through a 9.1 install. Everything seemed to go fine, but when time came to boot the new drive, it wouldn't boot. When doing the 9.1 install, I selected the disk and had to assign the partitions to the various filesystems. AFIK, I did not otherwise

9.1 install wipes out gpart boot blocks?

2013-01-30 Thread Robert Huff
Gary Aitken writes: I used gpart to set up a new disk, then went through a 9.1 install. Everything seemed to go fine, but when time came to boot the new drive, it wouldn't boot. While the it wouldn't boot is catastrophically imprecise, I had what sounds like a similar problem

Re: 9.1 install wipes out gpart boot blocks?

2013-01-30 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: I used gpart to set up a new disk, then went through a 9.1 install. Everything seemed to go fine, but when time came to boot the new drive, it wouldn't boot. What did it say? When doing the 9.1 install, I selected the disk and had to assign the