From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 14:54:58 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 739F316A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:54:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1487F43D49 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:54:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aran80@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so881725wri for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 06:54:57 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=gew2Gtm+t7olDvlw2Fo0jUSo1ygYKN3BGWpcCHAbebTaBxMFQqloMh6iO+g14HeT8xL14xIFUQiLGII9ajjCQv4LkFgQeCoGv5xSvIXA75GNVbcenIOlxi+9yT7xqGMYhnR/r8tnWcs3hYT1GxjR6xvoTysnCDKkbXoxgttnxK4= Received: by 10.54.48.62 with SMTP id v62mr155352wrv; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 06:54:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.49.25 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 06:54:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:54:56 -0500 From: Alvaro Rosales To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050221144303.GA2255@gicco.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20050221144303.GA2255@gicco.homeip.net> Subject: FreeBSD wont boot after restoring RAID 5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Alvaro Rosales List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:54:58 -0000 Hello guys, I had a problem with my raid 5 array and I had to replace one of the disks, the utility to restore the array worked fine , all the 3 disks are ok, but the system doesn't boot, I have looked at the contents of the disks using the fixit CD and the data seems ok, but I dont know how to make it bootable again. Is there a way to make the disk bootable again or I have to make a clean install??. I only get this prompt at boot time. boot: And nothing else happens. Thanks 4 all your help.