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 E1569158004 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:59:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 185CEE2A23; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:59:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from resqmta-c2p-570216.sys.comcast.net (resqmta-c2p-570216.sys.comcast.net [IPv6:2001:558:fd00:56::6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08775E2A23 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:59:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from resomta-c2p-555954.sys.comcast.net ([96.102.18.234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 256/256 bits) (Client did not present a certificate) by resqmta-c2p-570216.sys.comcast.net with ESMTPS id utbVraw2zP1NUuu1SreU8l; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:59:22 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=20190202a; t=1712840362; bh=LdNp2T8Ok51dG/u3snMlVa4k/TZDM0/UhDsaeP2XcXM=; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Xfinity-Spam-Result; b=KCKw9HhotK2T3c95Jh5xsMb0fogN8oQ0RrTt5LTpPth3LDunTtN7aiJpmzi6vA9Eg MKT2oqjXXAHIlxAaP/1B8ESCCaC80dc3kXbl0ylYpt63lMBkQ+Vbuavd7dP95HPXdO JRb2g9PoEFhyl+yRXw3O33sia1Np8X8tYQTnl0vNmYPqRNkMx1XDvcuGpEO1WH60CX r/ssQ+ryQ5FhHdRYpOkbuME2iyZ9fxRnTPeRazLfrH1wRbB9CS8OpHCs+wt32WBcuf xlKwofzVXmCvpYbIQZG9R0kbxiA8LdzPcZzhh/FovqUUj078n+FLAoirtmTj2xUSBI wfEwij7cjfW0g== 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-c2p-555954.sys.comcast.net with ESMTPSA id uu0zrsbLsZSuquu10rZBJj; Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:58:59 +0000 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 07:58:53 -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=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfNw6gIGX7+714zVDslCXvtQOt3JruAba6LqK75If6hJVdlRfk/q3DrOj/rPVi56ZIY2l2U9cZJ9X650Wb0wQdoXrAvM6NWstfgHzTOoL5UBzA6fqlk1Y q0/JlVFmszmIy+AFrLGZpnQxBuUNunYLyXFZ9dW6xh1r+d/GPLAQ38S/l85cmk5HdDBP2x4P3b8fZKgm8OENJjhXrgywBOVjuZg= X-Archives-Salt: 500a8c42-83c2-4bb5-9e7c-0b1c1bc39a48 X-Archives-Hash: d55dfbae5724618caadf8cb53de09048 Thank you On Mon, Apr 08, 2024 at 06:54:59PM -0400, Matt Turner wrote: > On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 6:28 PM 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 > > Yes, fdisk has been broken for many years. I believe it broke in v2.23. > > See https://marc.info/?t=143891491000001&r=1&w=4 > > Use `parted` instead. > > (parted) mktable bsd > > See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1025044.html for some instructions.