From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 11 19:49:18 2010 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 37F79106564A for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:49:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joost@jodocus.org) Received: from fep12.mx.upcmail.net (fep12.mx.upcmail.net [62.179.121.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D1E98FC18 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:49:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from edge01.upcmail.net ([192.168.13.236]) by viefep12-int.chello.at (InterMail vM.8.01.02.02 201-2260-120-106-20100312) with ESMTP id <20101211194915.IEGP2213.viefep12-int.chello.at@edge01.upcmail.net>; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:49:15 +0100 Received: from bps.jodocus.org ([24.132.166.223]) by edge01.upcmail.net with edge id hvpE1f0264pXSfL01vpFxN; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:49:15 +0100 X-SourceIP: 24.132.166.223 Received: from jodocus.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bps.jodocus.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oBBJnEYh057054; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:49:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from joost@jodocus.org) Received: (from joost@localhost) by jodocus.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id oBBJnEYu057053; Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:49:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from joost) Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:49:14 +0100 From: Joost Bekkers To: Steve Randall Message-ID: <20101211194914.GA56763@bps.jodocus.org> Mail-Followup-To: Joost Bekkers , Steve Randall , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20101207132656.260bf792@locust.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101207132656.260bf792@locust.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (bps.jodocus.org [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:49:14 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.4 at bps.jodocus.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=tMVj8KYobzzX0EiRnC7vY2isLrCxFvdg4RrHWPZXwJ0= c=1 sm=0 a=Rit7POsq_2oA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=hYwbykyqAAAA:8 a=Az9N2DPw4vPJ4StsBSYA:9 a=Ns1kOzm7GqvOSk2vZ46lKi5agPcA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=VIfz433Ik-8A:10 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't mount root during freebsd-update 7.0 -> 8.1 on amd64 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: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:49:18 -0000 On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 01:26:56PM -0600, Steve Randall wrote: > > > 2010/12/5 : > > >> Hi > > >> > > >> I'm trying to upgrade a amd64 box from 7.0-RELEASE to 8.1-RELEASE with > > >> freebsd-update. After the first reboot the 8.1R GENERIC kernel loads > > >> (I'm > > >> using a custom kernel, so at this point the generic kernel is loaded > > >> manually) > > >> It then claims it can't mount / > > Your disk was at one time "dangerously dedicated" and later converted > to MBR. But there is still an obsolete BSD label in block 1 of the disk. > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad4 seek=1 count=1 Yes, that fixed it. Thanks -- greetz Joost joost@jodocus.org