Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:49:14 +0100 From: Joost Bekkers <joost@jodocus.org> To: Steve Randall <srandall52@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't mount root during freebsd-update 7.0 -> 8.1 on amd64 Message-ID: <20101211194914.GA56763@bps.jodocus.org> In-Reply-To: <20101207132656.260bf792@locust.local> References: <d4da7a77756c4678132be5f2a147ce56.squirrel@jodocus.org> <AANLkTikPSSTeOWHbKfypisrdRjrA7uPP_GMRZ5qNkHsT@mail.gmail.com> <b79e6d97c9d4c7cbd623dcb943a8800f.squirrel@jodocus.org> <20101207132656.260bf792@locust.local>
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On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 01:26:56PM -0600, Steve Randall wrote: > > > 2010/12/5 <joost@jodocus.org>: > > >> Hi > > >> > > >> I'm trying to upgrade a amd64 box from 7.0-RELEASE to 8.1-RELEASE with > > >> freebsd-update. After the first reboot the 8.1R GENERIC kernel loads > > >> (I'm > > >> using a custom kernel, so at this point the generic kernel is loaded > > >> manually) > > >> It then claims it can't mount / > > Your disk was at one time "dangerously dedicated" and later converted > to MBR. But there is still an obsolete BSD label in block 1 of the disk. > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad4 seek=1 count=1 Yes, that fixed it. Thanks -- greetz Joost joost@jodocus.org
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