From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 18 11:18:07 2008 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 18579106567A for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:18:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from montiburns@googlemail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.152]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A511E8FC16 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:18:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from montiburns@googlemail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so3650572fgb.35 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:18:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PjpZ7iV4xuE9fBeABMv2CbYvptcKpiFDOC5S06rCZ44=; b=ELl0jylDW1H+vCCjJ1Rg2mzlUwZdG7+uVpKjwGS+m5iKcWoqs1h316qX+7WjONMKR5 QuuhxI2ghe9De9INh7t3oMeUePVAsImeMVDNn3wdDThCCL1vzyzemOUADr9lPXMT2zIE Qs+c5Z1ObGM3lLSdevVwqZmctGuHPZ4xDTYlM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=r9tyBO/G84EW6ygYmwqDykOoezPYM3JJwSUA1O4jG6d3XZXJySvdPG+e02JxiZ+D2W hv0Hdf1dYmF/YWMJspXOSOcjHY+F+ttQ+vaatumXGVErO+XNbpYk8IOz3xFJjdaheWo6 WzopjXlttTnsB7d24T3BqOfWkJ8Jnb5eXLivQ= Received: by 10.86.4.14 with SMTP id 14mr4500256fgd.20.1219058285265; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:18:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?84.166.159.217? ( [84.166.159.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 3sm2536453fge.3.2008.08.18.04.18.03 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:18:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48A95A6A.8010605@googlemail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:18:02 +0200 From: "C.M. Burns" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 (X11/20071210) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <48A478C5.3030002@googlemail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080814135612.025a8730@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080814135612.025a8730@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SOLVED] Migrate harddisk with FreeBSD into new machine 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: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:18:07 -0000 > At 01:26 PM 8/14/2008, C.M. Burns wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I have a problem. A faulty machine was running freeBSD with a two >> harddisk software raid. >> now these two disks should be put into a new machine, but of course >> it won't boot because it is new hardware. >> Kernel just reports: cannot mount root device from /dev/mirror/gm0s1a >> (or sth like this). >> >> question is now, how can i add the correct driver into the initial >> ramdisk (if there is such a thing on bsd) so the machine finds the >> two drives? >> second question: how can i afterwards remove the software mirror and >> only use one harddisk from that moment on? >> >> any help is very welcom, as i have no idea about bsd. i am a linux guy ;) >> >> thanks! > > problem solved. used a freebsd 7.0 CD to upgrade the kernel. this made the scsi disks available to the system. after that i used the livefs CD and removed the geom_mirror from loader.conf and set the root device to da0s1a. et voila, everything works! thanks for your help!