Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:47:48 -0500 From: Tom Worster <fsb@thefsb.org> To: David Rawling <djr@pdconsec.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: my slices are gone Message-ID: <C73D9C34.14478%fsb@thefsb.org> In-Reply-To: <BFDFFE175893404B8BC865EE888E83B80122DB@pd-exbe.pdconsec.local>
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On 12/3/09 4:34 PM, "David Rawling" <djr@pdconsec.net> wrote: > -----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 >> >> 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). i don't really see why this should have been working and then stop working on a freebsd-update.
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