From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 20 14:56:51 2010 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 98C65106566C for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:56:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28CFB8FC1C for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:56:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NXbzB-0007Q9-KK for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:56:45 +0100 Received: from pool-72-75-61-67.washdc.east.verizon.net ([72.75.61.67]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:56:45 +0100 Received: from nightrecon by pool-72-75-61-67.washdc.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:56:45 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:56:37 -0500 Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <20100120151424.3b799f47@adolfputzen> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-72-75-61-67.washdc.east.verizon.net User-Agent: KNode/4.3.4 Sender: news Subject: Re: SunFire X2100 fails 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: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:56:51 -0000 Julian Fagir wrote: > Hello, > > I recently got a SunFire X2100 to play with (first version, not M2). > Linux (Debian) and 7.2-RELEASE works without problems, just installs > straight-away and runs fine (currently 31 days uptime). > But 8.0-RELEASE does not work, neither when being upgraded nor when > installing from CD or memstick. > > The problem is: The kernel does not recognize the slices and partitions. > When installing it, the installer shows me a single slice on each of the > two hard disks though there are more. It also shows a warning about a > GPT-label, no matter whether there is a GPT or MBR on it. > After reslicing and -partitioning them, the installer fails when creating > a filesystem on them, saying the devices (in this case the partitions) are > not configured. [snip] This sounds very familiar to something I just went through. A drive went up in smoke and the spare I pulled from the shelf had 6.2 on it. The 8 Release install would fail, something to do with either the partition table and/or labels from the earlier being invisible to the new and thus could not be written to. Boot a LiveFS CD, then at a root prompt do: sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 and: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/adx oseek=1 bs=512 count=1 where x equals your drive number. Probably should only do this before a fresh install and NOT on a system with data you want to keep. The exact error I received whilst trying to install 8 in sysinstall was this: "Unable to find device node for /dev/ad4s1b in /dev! The creation of filesystems will be aborted." Then pressing "OK" brings this: "Couldn't make filesystems properly. Aborting." -Mike