From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 3 21:37:56 2009 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 F1A911065672 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:37:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djr@pdconsec.net) Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 821C38FC15 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:37:56 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAGu8F0uWZcBC/2dsb2JhbADXeIQyBA Received: from goliath.pdconsec.net (HELO smtp.pdconsec.net) ([150.101.192.66]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with SMTP; 04 Dec 2009 08:07:54 +1030 Received: from mail1.pdconsec.net ([192.168.1.41] helo=mail1.pdconsec.net) with IPv4:25 by smtp.pdconsec.net; 4 Dec 2009 07:16:13 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:34:17 +1100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: my slices are gone Thread-Index: Acp0M7o67NNXkTTbLU6SOVde0C5iJQAICRqdAAKZo5UAAIY3/w== References: From: "David Rawling" To: Subject: RE: my slices are gone 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, 03 Dec 2009 21:37:57 -0000 -----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org on behalf of Tom Worster >Sent: Fri 4/12/2009 8:19 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: my slices are gone >=20 >using sysinstall on the 8.0-RELEASE ISO Disk 1, i looked at the status = of >the disks and found some alarming things: > >the label editor shows no labels on either disk. that seems pretty bad. > >and the slice editor says: > >Disk slicing warning: >chunk 'ad6p1' [40..409639] does not start on a track boundary >chunk 'ad6p2' [409640..1464784583] does not start on a track boundary > >which seems pretty bad in two different ways. > >would anyone disagree that freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE upgrade has = left >this system unusable and the only next step is reformat at reinstall = (that >old windows routine)? I'm barely starting off in the FreeBSD world after a long hiatus, but = might you perchance have been using Dangerously Dedicated disks? It doesn't = seem to match the disk layout but you never know. Lots of people have had trouble since DD mode disappeared (it took me = ages to figure out why my VMs with DD mode always broke). Dave. -- David Rawling PD Consulting And Security Email: djr@pdconsec.net