2012/1/30 Andrey V. Elsukov <[email protected]>: > Usually the cause is that you have created the mirror after partition table. > And partition size stored in the partition table metadata is greater than > available sectors > in this mirror. Now it is detected by the gpart's integrity checks and gpart > on the mirror > refuses partition table.
Yes, this is exactly what it seems to be. My solution was to re-break the gmirror from FreeBSD 8 kernel, boot into FreeBSD 9 kernel and world, then reformat the second drive using GPT, dump/restore from first drive, boot to second drive, reformat first drive, set up gmirror per partition, then reboot. I'm *really* glad I had an ILOM on this server to let me reset it many many times as I made mistakes and locked up or panicked the system to the point of lockups. The procedure I have now is, I believe, panic-free and lockup-free. I'll be cleaning up my notes and posting them somewhere for others. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-geom To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
