From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 16 15:35:34 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 E317210656A5 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:35:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wodfer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 973D38FC1F for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:35:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyg4 with SMTP id 4so524801gyg.13 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:35:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=hty7J4hv3h294L0ySG8r3xeZlUNXD1hncqJTYJB3DkQ=; b=Vu2rEyWNSrXcGygx76EbCOzgIA4gHwfUVUWkEWViVj/xesouzSAkmwroKzaEr6Wg4Z X8K0WhCeJdIxR5HR8sRJl/HxhZfbs1XZfm/y2oL8/Dcq5zmooL82laXzezXWqqnbzdVk VVnITFZNnC1dwPHkVWXwMCndVrUdZFf1beFEQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=BHZlhqXs/BaTmAIXRSA0IzI9dZ2Apn2L1fzY4jWAUI/72Apd8A/wjqi7QQ+XnffkxY xAKaGG0AhAoDY634NRYR6beoLePXrcPbO6qZOHDx0JB05uxoJWla0Bo8t+T0pvvIhlB6 su1sPYTXK0YV5oyZufhCE7nDn3uyrvv3gEwC0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.63.19 with SMTP id q19mr3871933ybk.292.1284649844100; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:10:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.189.75 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:10:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:10:43 +0200 Message-ID: From: Andy Wodfer To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Problem adding 1TB SATA disk to system 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: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:35:35 -0000 Hi all, I'm running FreeBSD 8.0 release (will upgrade to 8.1 STABLE tonight). However, I'm having big problems adding a new harddrive to the system. I want a separate 1TB SATA installed to recover backup files on, but when I add it I only get error messages: dmesg: ad2: 953869MB at ata1-master SATA300 GEOM: ad2: corrupt or invalid GPT detected. GEOM: ad2: GPT rejected -- may not be recoverable. GEOM: ufsid/4c80e66f50f43e15: corrupt or invalid GPT detected. GEOM: ufsid/4c80e66f50f43e15: GPT rejected -- may not be recoverable. I've tried label and fdisk, but I can't get it to work. Fdisk: WARNING: It is safe to use a geometry of 1938021/16/63 for ad2 on =E2=94= =82 =E2=94=82 computers with modern BIOS versions. If this= disk is to be used =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 on an old machine it is recommended that it d= oes not have more =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 than 65535 cylinders, more than 255 heads, or= more than =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 63 sectors per track. =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 = =E2=94=82 =E2=94=82 Would you like to keep using the current geom= etry? Yes ... but it doesn't work. The computer hardware was bought new about 7 months ago and the mainboard is an intel server board. Can someone help me get this disk up and running (if possible?)? Thanks! Best regards, Andy