From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 18 20:58:20 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 D1BF0106564A for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:58:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from smtpq2.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq2.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.34.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64DA18FC08 for ; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:58:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.34.145] (helo=smtp14.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq2.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ox4UF-0000Ye-2a for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:58:19 +0200 Received: from 54193b12.cm-5-2a.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([84.25.59.18] helo=ra.egypt.nl) by smtp14.gn.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ox4UE-0005wS-Fr for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:58:18 +0200 Received: from [192.168.13.34] (peters-ipod.egypt.nl [192.168.13.34]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C63A39857; Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:58:18 +0200 (CEST) References: <4C778326.8090802@boosten.org> Message-Id: <04B5DBAB-ECB2-45B4-BC1E-068824019A3A@boosten.org> From: Peter Boosten To: Peter Boosten In-Reply-To: <4C778326.8090802@boosten.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPod Mail (7E18) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPod Mail 7E18) Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:58:17 +0200 X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-ID: 1Ox4UE-0005wS-Fr X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-SpamCheck: geen spam, SpamAssassin (niet cached, score=-2.444, vereist 5, BAYES_00 -2.60, SPF_PASS -0.00, SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION 0.16) X-ZiggoSMTP-MailScanner-From: peter@boosten.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Problems with upgrade - lost partition 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: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:58:20 -0000 Ping... -- HTTP://www.boosten.org On 27 aug 2010, at 11:19, Peter Boosten wrote: > Hi, > > I recently updated a machine (running on VMWare) from 7.2 to 8.1. > > This machine has two (virtual) disks. While the upgrade went rather > smooth ('make buildworld, make buildkernel, make installkernel, reboot > into single user, mergemaster -p, make installworld, mergemaster, > reboot), I lost the partition on the second harddrive. > > So after reboot, the machine went directly in single user mode, > because > my /dev/ad1s1a was gone. The only devices in /dev where ad1 (the disk) > and ad1s1 (the slice). > > Since I had a backup this didn't seem to be such a problem, however > recreating the slice was. > > The only way I could get rid of that slice was through the gpart > utility > (sysinstall wouldn't help me at all): > > gpart delete ad1s1 > gpart destroy ad1 > > After that sysinstall worked again. Is there any way around this (and > preferably rescue the partition somehow, since I have more machines to > upgrade, and while backups are there, restoring creates an additional > delay in the whole process). > > Also, the numbering of the NICs changed from le0 to le1, which isn't > that a big problem, but rather annoying. > > > Thanks in advance. > > Peter > -- > http://www.boosten.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > "