"Mike." <the.li...@mgm51.com> wrote: > My FreeBSD server had been running fine, no issues. This evening I > tried to update it to 9.1. I don't "update in place", I update by > wiping the prior version and letting the new version have its way with > the disk. > > Well, 9.1 has issues with my system (dmesg is at the end of this > message). > > When I boot from the install DVD, I see a lot of messages along the > lines of ~Root mount waiting for GRAID~, then eventually that times out > and I am allowed to select the Install option. However, when I get to > the partitioning (btw, it's another issue, but the new set of screens > to partition the drive really suck. I've never been so confused by a > FreeBSD install. But I digress...) I eventually selected "auto" > partitioning. Then I am greeted with a pop up that informs me that > ada0 is not valid for some unmentioned reason. (did I mention that > the new partitioning screens suck?). > > At this point I give up, and I am now in the process of re-installing > 9.0. > > I'm not a long-time user of FreeBSD, I've only been using it since > 2005, with installs to keep it up to date through the varied and sundry > versions. But this is The First Time that a FreeBSD install has > failed. > > What's goin' on?
Probably there's corrupt raid metadata (or something that can be confused with raid metadata) on the disk(s). You could try booting with kern.geom.raid.enable set to 0 or without the module loaded. Sanitising the disk(s) should work as well. Fabian
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