From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 3 22:07:20 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 7C1D8106566B for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:07:20 +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 0D0848FC18 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:07:19 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAK/DF0uWZcBC/2dsb2JhbADXaIQyBA Received: from goliath.pdconsec.net (HELO smtp.pdconsec.net) ([150.101.192.66]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with SMTP; 04 Dec 2009 08:37:18 +1030 Received: from mail1.pdconsec.net ([192.168.1.41] helo=mail1.pdconsec.net) with IPv4:25 by smtp.pdconsec.net; 4 Dec 2009 07:45:38 +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 09:04:11 +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/wAAeL6SAACSiBM= 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 22:07:20 -0000 -----Original Message----- From: Tom Worster [mailto:fsb@thefsb.org] Subject: Re: my slices are gone =20 On 12/3/09 4:34 PM, "David Rawling" wrote: >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. I should have clarified - FreeBSD 8.0 seems to have done away with DD = disks completely. They are no longer configurable in sysinstall, for example, = and I have seen reports of failure with the 8.0 kernels on existing DD = systems, after freebsd-update. Dave. -- David Rawling PD Consulting And Security Email: djr@pdconsec.net