From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Oct 27 03:24:03 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 823C7A1E6D5 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:24:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E3411371 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:24:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id t9R3O1mH066425 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:24:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id t9R3O1UC066422; Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:24:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:24:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Ian Fitzgerald cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding 9.1 disk to 10.2 machine In-Reply-To: <003001d11050$b36b8050$1a4280f0$@com.au> Message-ID: References: <003001d11050$b36b8050$1a4280f0$@com.au> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:24:01 -0600 (MDT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 03:24:03 -0000 On Tue, 27 Oct 2015, Ian Fitzgerald wrote: > I have a second disk with data written on a FreeBSD 9.1 machine. I removed > the disk and used the first disk for a clean install of 10.2. > > Re-fitting the second disk, the second disk is recognised as ada1. > > > > I wish to mount it as /disk2 (created on /), without newfs as I wish to > retain the data on it. My attempts at placing an entry in /etc/fstab were > > /dev/ada1p2 /disk2 ufs rw 2 2 > > But at boot the OS reports disk labelling inconsistency Please be specific about this. The exact error message, preferably. The GEOM system is pickier now than in the past. It can be overridden, but that can be a mistake.