Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:59:53 -0400 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0 upgrade & geometry does not match label Message-ID: <hrcdn0$k5k$1@dough.gmane.org> References: <4BD98477.10003@interactive-net.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Reinhard Haller wrote: > Hi, > > as far as I know my disk is not operating in dangerously dedicated mode. > Despite this I'm unable to upgrade to freebsd 8.0. Here is what the > gpart, mount, bsdlabel say. > [snip] > > I remember problems with the initial sysinstall because of geometry > problems -- the only way to get FreeBSD installed was to dedicate all of > the available space to FreeBSD. The geometry warnings are mostly a cosmetic error and generally can be ignored. Especially the one in sysinstall. > I've found a suggested solution to repair the mbr/label problem with > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad4 count=1 oseek=1 > > and a warning not trying it on boot disks. > > Is there a better / safer solution around? > If there is I do not know of it. This is what I did when I had this problem: http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-questions@freebsd.org/msg227610.html -Mike
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?hrcdn0$k5k$1>