From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 15 21:16:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 675551065670 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:16:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thierry@pompo.net) Received: from smtpfb2-g21.free.fr (smtpfb2-g21.free.fr [212.27.42.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E6F8FC16 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:16:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp5-g21.free.fr (smtp5-g21.free.fr [212.27.42.5]) by smtpfb2-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFFACCA8A35 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:58:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp5-g21.free.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A632CD48108; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:58:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from graf.pompo.net (graf.pompo.net [78.225.128.39]) by smtp5-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E86BD48169; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:58:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: by graf.pompo.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4131811478; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:58:37 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:58:37 +0200 From: Thierry Thomas To: Johan Hendriks Message-ID: <20090915205837.GC43475@graf.pompo.net> References: <20090914220651.GF5360@graf.pompo.net> <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCBA56F36@w2003s01.double-l.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCBA56F36@w2003s01.double-l.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-BETA3 i386 Organization: Kabbale Eros X-Face: (hRbQnK~Pt7$ct`!fupO(`y_WL4^-Iwn4@ly-.,[4xC4xc; y=\ipKMNm<1J>lv@PP~7Z<.t KjAnXLs: X-PGP: 0xC71405A2 Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 8.0-Beta installation problem -- Unable to find /dev/ad0s1b X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:16:25 -0000 Le Mar 15 sep 09 à 19:31:11 +0200, Johan Hendriks écrivait : > I have a problem like this also. > I have a server which runs FreeBSD 7.2 and i did update it to RELENG_8 but i can not see the data disk anymore. > If i put in an system disk with FreeBSD 6 or 7 or pcbsd then i can read the disk fine. > Or if i put the data disk into a server with 6, 7 or pcbsd i also can see the disk. > What can i do to make the drive useable in 8. Is your disk in "dangerously dedicated" mode? If yes, this is what I did (advised by marcel@) dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad1 oseek=1 bs=512 count=1 where /dev/ad1 is my device. You should see some messages from GEOM_LABEL removing and assigning new labels. After that, I rebooted in 8.0 in single user mode, and was able to continue the upgrade as usual. Good luck! -- Th. Thomas.