22.1-rc1 - issue installing on esxi7

[johndchch]

just grabbed the rc1 image and went to install into into a vm for testing - configing the vm for freebsd 13 64-bit the installer launches ok but when it gets to partitioning ( using the default UFS option ) whilst it sees the virtual hdd it fails with errors about being unable create partitions

editting the vm settings to use the LSI sas virtual driver rather than the default vmware paravirtual drivers ( paravirtual is the default is for freebsd 13 on esxi7 - lsi sas is the default for freebsd 12) lets the partitioner run and the install then goes ok, and once installed I switched back to the paravirtual driver and the system still boots and runs fine ( so looks to be an issue only with the installer environment and/or the partitioning tool - not the running system's paravirtual kernel drivers )

[franco]

Thanks for the hint. Wasn't aware this seems to be a problem... not sure if there is a difference between FreeBSD 13.0 and 13-STABLE (we use the latter) but it would indicate so.

UFS uses all GPT labels so otherwise the switch of device drivers might not work. How this trick works out for ZFS I do not know.


Cheers,
Franco