Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 16:44:48 -0700 From: Dan Mahoney <freebsd@gushi.org> To: paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: making a disk/slice bootable Message-ID: <07BE254D-7701-47F2-94E3-09ED7229FB2B@gushi.org> In-Reply-To: <CAMtcK2r4L3SCba4EZt73=F2=fnBnEPGvEL3GCM_38R8_e5meXg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMtcK2r4L3SCba4EZt73=F2=fnBnEPGvEL3GCM_38R8_e5meXg@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Sep 1, 2022, at 16:41, paul beard <paulbeard@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > I have been mirroring the virtual disk in a FreeBSD vm for a couple of = years and the main disk got corrupted. The mirrored disk doesn't boot, = says it can't find a kernel, so I think I missed out on an additional = step, writing an MBR or boot sector, perhaps.=20 >=20 > The files are all there if I mount them from a VM with FreeBSD.I = assume there is a way to make a mountable disk bootable. fdisk and = gpart are available but it's been a long time since I messed around with = those.=20 Let's start with the obvious: Can you post your disk layout? Mirrored = how? Gmirror/ZFS/Hardware raid/etc? MBR or Gpart? What commands have you tried thusfar? What does the boot so far look like (i.e. are you hitting the stage 0 = boot loader, and getting the loader prompt?) More info required, please, but this sounds very fixable. -Dan=
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