From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 9 19:07:51 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 596731065672 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:07:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 178A48FC2E for ; Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:07:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe11 with SMTP id 11so3412346yxe.3 for ; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:07:50 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=pF7J155MIbPXl8hFWnADgGKXdf6TdCFinvAFLBmUaZo=; b=FaJcNFcSU0hF+EOr+t65Hu7loWEuLy9mY1VIimxHIIDyFUUx6vYTqnislzpGwaq0Vy p0Rq1l+Q1sDmOkxtslWaY9sBcZR9iMJ4IKV+yS2PsmWg9VY6+2IuCeA9MpP1DZr5bVGT //4hvTILEchFasbj1+cww0VUSy/gsPN0w8zDY= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=d/PJp9iIw8XwD1Kasno42rZw8V0lEMBgax0FzKH9me9+N91L35edqC2Lj4pFzdy3HW pd/V2NsPn1hdhIeaIq/CWV9lvxL6sUn62wUObhos4dmhz+QIFjKjZBLEjU5M8Y40nM9o vnL6CuDkJUP57tlv18chdZEtlcjt9waKS+nhg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.46.6 with SMTP id t6mr2399341ant.152.1249844870514; Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:07:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:07:50 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Michael Christie Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gmirror 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: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:07:51 -0000 On 8/9/09, Michael Christie wrote: > Hi there all, > > I need your help. I have a supermicro server which was running Freebsd 7.= 1 > with 2 SATA drives. I have had G mirror running on the server. I needed t= o > do a full reinstall of freebsd but was unable to disengage the mirror at = the > time. When installing Freebsd, on to the drives i see i have AD4 AD6 and = AR0 > on the disk label, i have installed the new free bsd in AD4, and the syst= em > would not boot. ar0 is often a cheap onboard RAID device. So cheap as it doesn't even hide ad4 and ad6 which is also hooked up to the motherboard. Installing to ad4 installed it allright. But now the hardware raid will screw things up a bit. Either use gmirror with ad4 and ad6, or use hardware raid on ar0 only. > > > > I have come across this before where i have to remove AR0 to default the > drive, i can remember reading a thread on how to use =93fix it=94 and usi= ng the > live cd. I have google but cannot find it > > Please is there any one here that can refresh my memory and tell me how t= o > remove gmirror from my drives so i can do a fresh install,. > > > > Thanmks > > Mick > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >