Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-08 Thread Mike.
On 1/2/2013 at 12:11 PM Fbsd8 wrote: |Michael Powell wrote: | Mike. wrote: | [snip] | Thanks for the reply. The disk in question has never been used for | RAID, so if there is RAID metadata on the disk, I do not know how it | got there. The disk is (I believe --- it's been a while since I have

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-08 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 8 Jan 2013, Mike. wrote: On 1/2/2013 at 12:11 PM Fbsd8 wrote: I tried to run the dd commands... Using the LiveFS disc for FreeBSD 9.1, I got some manner of permission error, indicating that something would not let the dd commands execute. Using the LiveFS disc for FreeBSD 8.3, the dd

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-08 Thread Mike.
On 1/8/2013 at 7:51 AM Warren Block wrote: |On Tue, 8 Jan 2013, Mike. wrote: | | On 1/2/2013 at 12:11 PM Fbsd8 wrote: | | I tried to run the dd commands... | | Using the LiveFS disc for FreeBSD 9.1, I got some manner of permission | error, indicating that something would not let the dd commands

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-02 Thread Fabian Keil
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

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-02 Thread Mike.
On 1/2/2013 at 2:38 PM Fabian Keil wrote: |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

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-02 Thread Michael Powell
Mike. wrote: [snip] Thanks for the reply. The disk in question has never been used for RAID, so if there is RAID metadata on the disk, I do not know how it got there. The disk is (I believe --- it's been a while since I have been inside that box) on a Promise SATA RAID controller, but

Re: 9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-02 Thread Fbsd8
Michael Powell wrote: Mike. wrote: [snip] Thanks for the reply. The disk in question has never been used for RAID, so if there is RAID metadata on the disk, I do not know how it got there. The disk is (I believe --- it's been a while since I have been inside that box) on a Promise SATA RAID

9.1 won't install - GEOM/GRAID issues

2013-01-01 Thread Mike.
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