From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 25 18:11:03 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 1154698CE6C for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:11:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wfdudley@gmail.com) Received: from mbob.nabble.com (mbob.nabble.com [162.253.133.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3F861901 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:11:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wfdudley@gmail.com) Received: from msam.nabble.com (unknown [162.253.133.85]) by mbob.nabble.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52531FC306C for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:11:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:11:02 -0700 (MST) From: wfdudley To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1435255862253-6020737.post@n5.nabble.com> Subject: freebsd-update from 8.4 to 9.3 causes gmirror to disappear -- HELP! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:11:03 -0000 I've been running 8.4 STABLE for a while, but decided to try to use freebsd-update to move to 9.3 I have a pair of 2TB drives in a gmirror. Works fine. I used svn to pull the 8.4 RELEASE source, and built myself an 8.4 RELEASE system. Then, I followed the instructions here: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.3R/installation.html And after the first reboot in to the 9.3 kernel, my gmirror is GONE. This is ALL MY DATA, and the freebsd-update database (/var/db/freebsd-update). After discovering that the mirror was GONE, I did this: sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=17 gmirror label -vb round-robin gm0 /dev/ad14 Which is how I configured the mirror initially (from this http://www.iprobot.net/linux-tutorial/how-to-setup-sofware-raid-in-freebsd/ post). I'm afraid to do anything more. I'm rebuilding 8.4 RELEASE and am going to try to boot into that to see if that works, but then I guess I can't use freebsd-update because it causes my mirror to disappear. What's wrong? How can i get my mirror back? Thanks, Bill Dudley wfdudley@gmail.com P.S. the "subscribe to the mailing list" feature of this web forum appears broken, in that it doesn't cause an email to be sent to me inviting me to confirm my subscription. -- View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/freebsd-update-from-8-4-to-9-3-causes-gmirror-to-disappear-HELP-tp6020737.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com.