Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 17:36:07 -0500 From: "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd2009@kiwi-computer.com> To: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> Cc: geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting useful diagnostics from geom(8) and friends Message-ID: <20100527223607.GC82995@kay.kiwi-computer.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinRhDF2XmyvvbqlhtP2gwsnOiOxv-mKTCAx4feb@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimg6CKc0RTNpd-0oI5MegjVPd0eiS5pQCj-chvV@mail.gmail.com> <20100527220241.GA82995@kay.kiwi-computer.com> <AANLkTinRhDF2XmyvvbqlhtP2gwsnOiOxv-mKTCAx4feb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 03:25:07PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Rick C. Petty > > > > I'm not sure what you're doing wrong. Do the following steps work? > > > > % gpart create -s MBR /dev/ad4 > > % gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad4 > > % gpart add -b 34 -s 128 -t freebsd /dev/ad4 > > % gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 /dev/ad0 > > I didn't run #4 (don't want gptboot on the appliance), but all of the > steps failed. Then how do you boot into FreeBSD? You need to install the boot blocks or the loader(8) won't boot. > fdisk doesn't like these Western Digital drives for some whacky reason > when I specify fdisk -BIq /dev/ad4, etc... and only after I go in and What exactly do you mean by "doesn't like"? -- Rick C. Petty
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