From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 19 01:25:11 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 33FA11065721 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:25:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruel.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 047518FC19 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:25:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ruel.freebsd@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so326556wfg.7 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:25:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=eD/eFCbhymMhdP3WB9iHWwlyR7s09kv8PKR93YVKhkM=; b=h3SbF6xW/1bb975nENM49NS4ZzLEnDvCD4NEXgXkeNH+M89YJk9w6awTbmU00GF+op NNlVjBb4358KgS5fmUvHng9gdQBneZ1lpvPWei/xdpHxHrk2O+Xn822xz9e/a6GwdfGe A5Lq9SGB6mb7dtA1D0ktthjlrMlEvYVNs5+rU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=QO8Dv1W32zU1xwKycj+JmeTL2ZVQfwTJbrAju0cVib33HTmIX9R6HBsYbh8o2ISrEP Ke3G9ncPFV8RU3EvIp/CNdgJ+ZTvSYYm3bWHn0uDw5mQWGIF62NXEZPAwaEEMfkc5Y4i KVGOfPEq7kBNt0IQv4sAKryv7TCZMUa7CFUZY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.6.1 with SMTP id j1mr734270wfi.226.1237425909880; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:25:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49C13A57.9080203@gmail.com> References: <49C13A57.9080203@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:25:09 +0800 Message-ID: From: Ruel Luchavez To: Adam Vandemore Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: RAID 1 failure 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, 19 Mar 2009 01:25:11 -0000 hello Adam Unfortunately, when I boot the machine I can't see the boot menu, Unlike with my other machine running version 7.0 ang 6.0 FreeBSD there is a boot menu but with this 7.1 reelase no boot menu showed up. Any idea? Thanks... On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:15 AM, Adam Vandemore wrote: > Ruel Luchavez wrote: > >> Hello.. >> >> Hope there is some one out here can fix my problem. >> >> I have fresh installed FreeBSD 7.1 on my IBM system X3100 server (2 160GB >> hard drive), I have decided to do a RAID1 by using the steps >> on the handbook : >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/geom-mirror.html >> >> as the site stated you have to enable the loading of the geom_mirror.ko >> kernel module during the system intialization >> by putting >> >> #echo 'geom_mirror_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf >> >> UNFORTUNATELY, I forgot that steps now I'm facing a problem how to correct >> it where in after I restart the machine the system refuse to boot, I'm >> stack on this loading: >> >> F1 FreeBSD >> F5 Drive 1 >> >> Default:F1 >> >> BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 >> Consoles: Internal video/keyboard >> Bios drive C: is disk 0 >> Bios drive D: is disk 1 >> Bios 631KB/2094592KB available memory >> >> FreeBSD i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 >> (root@logan.case.buffalo.edu Thu Jan 1 09:55:10 UTC 2009) >> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.cof >> >> >> >> Do you have any idea how to do it? >> Hope there is.. >> > You can load gmirror from the loader prompt as well. Option 6 from the > boot menu I believe. ? will give list of exact commands. You should enter > something like this: > > load geom_mirror > boot > > then edit loader.conf after system is up. > > > -- > Adam Vandemore > Systems Administrator > IMED Mobility > (605) 498-1610 > >