Re: cant install amd64 4.99.63 due to device busy errors

[Mark Kirby <mark%fishladder.co.uk@localhost>]

On 23 Jun 2008, at 16:35, reilles%loria.fr@localhost wrote:
> > Any one got any ideas? Should i file a PR?
> I noticed the 4.99.64 install kernel did see the gpt partitions, and  
> recognized only the EFI one, which is fat32. The HFS+ ones were  
> skipped/ignored.
> sysinst tried to use the mbr partitions proposed by rEFIt, and  
> proposed to partition a mbr slice. Everyting went fine until it  
> tried to newfs, which failed with "device busy". Mounting the  
> partitions that the 4.0 installed made also failed with the same  
> error.
>
> Could it be that the gpt wedge support prevents the use of the mbr ?  
> Then it would be nice to have the gpt tool in the install kernel, to  
> be able to change some gpt labels to some that netbsd understands.
> I will ty to test a -current install kernel built without the  
> DKWEDGE_AUTODISCOVER and DKWEDGE_METHOD_GPT options.

Thanks that did the trick, turning of the wedges stuff got it installed.

Now just need to work out why X freezes every 5 minutes.

Mark