Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:31:53 -0700 From: "Don O'Neil" <lists@lizardhill.com> To: "'Alexandre Biancalana'" <biancalana@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1 Message-ID: <10435563D3EC45D8A9AE00AECF113945@mickey> In-Reply-To: <8e10486b0810041351je5262fbi3bee00f47ef3bc68@mail.gmail.com> References: <D3314319D28D4C51B1D721DFFE21F942@mickey> <gc7s7u$kba$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081004181923.N2683@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A5E18EB2ED142C2B97EFD5A82AA805F@mickey> <8e10486b0810041351je5262fbi3bee00f47ef3bc68@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> >>> I've tried an old 'bypass': sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16, but > >>> that > >>> didn't help. > >>> > >>> Can anyone help me get this new disk installed without having to > boot >>> off a recovery CD? The server is 500 miles away from me and > I don't >>> have direct console access. > >>> > >> > >> Uhmm... This may seem silly, but did you use fdisk to create a > slice >> first before you tried partitioning? > >> > >this is NOT needed. actually i don't do it anywhere. > > > >it just may be sysinstall problem, anything else. > > > I tried using fdisk first, same problem, won't let me write to the disk. Do you will use the entire disk in one partition ? If so, just do: newfs /dev/ad4 Maybe you should to use gjournal for this large filesystem.... ------------ I tried newfs before, same issue: # newfs /dev/ad4 newfs: /dev/ad4: failed to open disk for writing
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?10435563D3EC45D8A9AE00AECF113945>