From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 14 18:58:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D1C81065683 for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:58:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (mail.computinginnovations.com [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFC018FC0C for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:58:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7EIvX81088608; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:57:34 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20080814135612.025a8730@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:57:35 -0500 To: "C.M. Burns" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <48A478C5.3030002@googlemail.com> References: <48A478C5.3030002@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080814-0, 08/14/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8038/Thu Aug 14 10:43:34 2008 on betty.computinginnovations.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: m7EIvX81088608 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Migrate harddisk with FreeBSD into new machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:58:11 -0000 At 01:26 PM 8/14/2008, C.M. Burns wrote: >Hi list, > >I have a problem. A faulty machine was running freeBSD with a two harddisk >software raid. >now these two disks should be put into a new machine, but of course it >won't boot because it is new hardware. >Kernel just reports: cannot mount root device from /dev/mirror/gm0s1a (or >sth like this). > >question is now, how can i add the correct driver into the initial ramdisk >(if there is such a thing on bsd) so the machine finds the two drives? >second question: how can i afterwards remove the software mirror and only >use one harddisk from that moment on? > >any help is very welcom, as i have no idea about bsd. i am a linux guy ;) > >thanks! What I would do, is install FreeBSD onto a new separate hard disk. Disks are cheap. Once you get the boot disk installed you can create a custom kernel if necessary to support the RAID. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.