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Date:      Sun, 9 Aug 2009 15:27:55 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Michael Christie <vk3mrc@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Gmirror
Message-ID:  <20090809132755.GA7438@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <cfae10710908090541p778f27acv72ee80d930278a82@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <cfae10710908090541p778f27acv72ee80d930278a82@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 10:41:05PM +1000, Michael Christie wrote:
> Hi there all,
>=20
> I need your help. I have a supermicro server which was running Freebsd 7.1
> with 2 SATA drives. I have had G mirror running on the server. I needed to
> do a full reinstall of freebsd but was unable to disengage the mirror at =
the
> time. When installing Freebsd, on to the drives i see i have AD4 AD6 and =
AR0
> on the disk label, i have installed the new free bsd in AD4, and the syst=
em
> would not boot.
>=20
> I have come across this before where i have to remove AR0 to default the
> drive, i can remember reading a thread on how to use =E2=80=9Cfix it=E2=
=80=9D and using the
> live cd. I have google but cannot find it
>
> Please is there any one here that can refresh my memory and tell me how to
> remove gmirror from my drives so i can do a fresh install,.

I don't think you have to do a new install. Just use 'boot0cfg -s 1 ad4' to
make the next boot start from da4. Then rebuild ad6: 'gmirror rebuild ar0 a=
d6'.

Roland
--=20
R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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