Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:57:35 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "C.M. Burns" <montiburns@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrate harddisk with FreeBSD into new machine Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080814135612.025a8730@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <48A478C5.3030002@googlemail.com> References: <48A478C5.3030002@googlemail.com>
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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
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