Re: Can't get FreeBSD to boot automatically from RAID 5 system
FreeBSD boots by default from the a-partition and IMK you can't change this. Try to setup your rootdev as disk0s1a instead of disk0s1d and it will work. Regards Frank ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get FreeBSD to boot automatically from RAID 5 system
Frank Wissmann wrote: FreeBSD boots by default from the a-partition and IMK you can't change this. Try to setup your rootdev as disk0s1a instead of disk0s1d and it will work. Regards Frank How can I do that? When I use sysinstall to create my partitions it automatically create's it as da0s1d. If you ment to modify my root_dev=disk0s1b (in /boot/default/loader.conf) back to it's default value (an a-partition) Then how is this going to help? Thank you, Best regards, Gabriel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get FreeBSD to boot automatically from RAID 5 system
Gabriel Rossetti wrote: Frank Wissmann wrote: FreeBSD boots by default from the a-partition and IMK you can't change this. Try to setup your rootdev as disk0s1a instead of disk0s1d and it will work. Regards Frank How can I do that? When I use sysinstall to create my partitions it automatically create's it as da0s1d. If you ment to modify my root_dev=disk0s1b (in /boot/default/loader.conf) back to it's default value (an a-partition) Then how is this going to help? Thank you, Best regards, Gabriel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get what happened... when I created my partitions, I had my old disk installed, since I was booting from it, so the a-partition was already taken, now that it is gone, I would have to rename it, is that possible? Best regards, Gabriel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get FreeBSD to boot automatically from RAID 5 system
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Gabriel Rossetti wrote: Frank Wissmann wrote: FreeBSD boots by default from the a-partition and IMK you can't change this. Try to setup your rootdev as disk0s1a instead of disk0s1d and it will work. Regards Frank How can I do that? When I use sysinstall to create my partitions it automatically create's it as da0s1d. If you ment to modify my root_dev=disk0s1b (in /boot/default/loader.conf) back to it's default value (an a-partition) Then how is this going to help? Use: bsdlabel -e da0s1 You'll be dumped into an editor showing the existing disklabel. All you need to do is swap the 'a' and 'd' fields at the start of those two lines, or just change 'd' to 'a' if there isn't already an 'a' partition. Then edit your /etc/fstab to match. And reboot. Simple, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3 7 Priory Courtyard PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW, UK -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGQcHb3jDkPpsZ+VYRA/NCAKCpekEMdQR8IRZjjSAT1tgkFvov9gCgq0ed P3Bx7Rv3qqILvCJUOirQszk= =1uKv -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get FreeBSD to boot automatically from RAID 5 system
Well, I think if you boot your computer from a cdrom and edit with bsdlabel you get into an editor where you can change the d into an a. That must be the solution you want. Regards Frank ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get FreeBSD to boot automatically from RAID 5 system
Matthew Seaman wrote: Gabriel Rossetti wrote: How can I do that? When I use sysinstall to create my partitions it automatically create's it as da0s1d. Use: bsdlabel -e da0s1 There's also a trick you can use in sysinstall. It will only ever assign an a partition to /. So if you have some partition which you know will act as a root partition, but isn't actually going to be one right now, *lie*. Set the mount point to / and get assigned e.g. da0s1a then *change* the mountpoint with M (I think) back to whatever you're calling this partition right now e.g. /root2. Make sure you turn off softupdates (S?) if changing the mountpoint turns them back on. Once the a partition has been assigned, it won't be re-assigned just because you changed the mountpoint. Of course, this means that you have to assign all the pseudo-root partitions before you assign any real root partition otherwise sysinstall will likely complain about the duplicate mountpoint. (Or change the real root mountpoint, do your pseudo roots, then change the real root back to /). Of course, it doesn't help you now, but if there's a next time... --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get FreeBSD to boot automatically from RAID 5 system
Frank Wissmann wrote: Well, I think if you boot your computer from a cdrom and edit with bsdlabel you get into an editor where you can change the d into an a. That must be the solution you want. Regards Frank ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ok, thanks, I'll do that Gabriel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can't get FreeBSD to boot automatically from RAID 5 system
Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Matthew Seaman wrote: Gabriel Rossetti wrote: How can I do that? When I use sysinstall to create my partitions it automatically create's it as da0s1d. Use: bsdlabel -e da0s1 There's also a trick you can use in sysinstall. It will only ever assign an a partition to /. So if you have some partition which you know will act as a root partition, but isn't actually going to be one right now, *lie*. Set the mount point to / and get assigned e.g. da0s1a then *change* the mountpoint with M (I think) back to whatever you're calling this partition right now e.g. /root2. Make sure you turn off softupdates (S?) if changing the mountpoint turns them back on. Once the a partition has been assigned, it won't be re-assigned just because you changed the mountpoint. Of course, this means that you have to assign all the pseudo-root partitions before you assign any real root partition otherwise sysinstall will likely complain about the duplicate mountpoint. (Or change the real root mountpoint, do your pseudo roots, then change the real root back to /). Of course, it doesn't help you now, but if there's a next time... --Alex Thank you Alex, yes, like you said, there's always a next time :-) Gabriel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
