From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B7ED158041 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:57:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3811AE2A1E; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:57:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from resqmta-h2p-567037.sys.comcast.net (resqmta-h2p-567037.sys.comcast.net [IPv6:2001:558:fd02:2446::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE8B6E2A1E for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:57:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from resomta-h2p-554995.sys.comcast.net ([96.102.179.207]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 256/256 bits) (Client did not present a certificate) by resqmta-h2p-567037.sys.comcast.net with ESMTPS id ut8breeuT4Kk2utzzr5b2n; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:57:51 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=20190202a; t=1712840271; bh=WdXg8TQU9up7NsYGL3fOkseQO8df93bSnC0n5TobCfI=; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Xfinity-Spam-Result; b=Z0iVag70utz8Aw1szo0fz2ZAIvW3IbTMvTVFaGhUC0B798o0nKyts2OjK5fiL6axJ LSVisUVCgzCs+NjZ4LXLP8DGtREmZ+lL1Su6vbyY0nEZhTqn9JTlxZvb7dYOaKtrOm I5JHqqh4m+joish1GLGKndL55s95wKtnprzAfvFyP+At2WGqKc4EnTsLoVBzbyBt5Z qRQ2ORSPGns6yTcyiffjT3jPGPkMWCafmZeQxTBn2we4DXrAhOmteVqNDvtkh0im3t kROetQ58AvqcnuHLLF81YgxTKzkBTUkp4AW5EpR9x93a6F3c5PFqUZb7hTqia7Dpz2 neWMl0OaSOj3Q== Received: from localhost ([104.176.249.79]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 256/256 bits) (Client did not present a certificate) by resomta-h2p-554995.sys.comcast.net with ESMTPSA id utzpr3RQhzVW2utzqr7wR4; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:57:48 +0000 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 07:57:41 -0500 From: APK To: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] fdisk on mini-installer iso Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfHsGhe3mX9id+uC2i/caxLaQxfy7jDRSQu0w6pvvg3dbD7FNxL4VM+R3zVWl4yxvqWhwwEYMsyn0984AdCVwqRDcwfi2c4/f8v81Xob4pGZ8y8I42s7C 6Z7XEzZxNaKqs7IaqkEzT+WTcYCmXqM91+Mx/6VUl+ePCW92Cg9Fqg1hLEema5/7f5eRnahvfd0hrNjkk0o0VQlz2RyuZmXQnFU= X-Archives-Salt: 7bb253b6-fe26-46a7-8779-b293c0f18b15 X-Archives-Hash: e60fb6d80275ef8f589187953bdc5591 Hi, Had a similar problem about 2 years ago. This is an old problem. I did the same work around that you used. APK On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 12:28:06AM +0200, Magnus Lindholm wrote: > Hi, > > A few days ago I fired up my UP2000+ Alpha and booted a recent > gentoo-alpha installer iso. > "install-alpha-minimal-20240328T170423Z.iso". Things seemed to work > fine, but I was unable to partition my drive. fdisk complained about > missing BSD* partitions. I remember reading something back in the days > about broken fdisk on gentoo-alpha installer so I took my old > install-alpha.minimal.iso from 2011. With this old installer CD I was > able to partition the disk and then continue the installation with the > recent mini installer from 2024. Has anyone here recent experience > from booting a current mini-install iso? > > Regards > > Magnus Lindholm