Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:32:40 -0600 From: "Gene" <fbsd@brightstar.bomgardner.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: 8.0 amd64 - Royally screwed up MBR (My own fault) Message-ID: <20100324212032.M14419@brightstar.bomgardner.net>
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Greetings - (not a draft notice) First thanks to those who responded to my previous question. Next... I was attempting to install 8.0 amd64 w/ZFS. I used instructions from the wiki and when I had trouble, I decided to beat a strategic retreat and just do a "vanilla" install. Problem was that either fdisk didn't recognize the mbr after all the 'gpart create'-ing or simply couldn't start newfs. (Something about not being able to find an initial inode.) I figured 'gpart destroy ad0' might fix things but no such luck. fdisk -I ad0 also errors out saying "unable to locate class". Does anyone know of a simple (brute force?) way to restore simple. standard MBRs without having to resort to a hex editor? (I will if I have to, but I'd rather not.) Thanks for any assistance... IHN, Gene -- To everything there is a season, And a time to every purpose under heaven.
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