Where's my disk?

2011-06-04 Thread Erik Nørgaard
Hi: I'm moving my server to new hardware, but I will preserve the disk making the necessary changes to the configuration before the move. The first problem is that I have no idea how my disk will be recognized, now the root partition is on /dev/ad6s1a. The second problem is that the server

Re: Where's my disk?

2011-06-04 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:31:18 +0200, Erik Nørgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: The first problem is that I have no idea how my disk will be recognized, now the root partition is on /dev/ad6s1a. A good approach is to apply a label or use the UFSID of the partitions (which don't depend on

Re: Where's my disk?

2011-06-04 Thread Erik Nørgaard
On 4/6/11 10:48 AM, Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:31:18 +0200, Erik Nørgaardnorga...@locolomo.org wrote: The first problem is that I have no idea how my disk will be recognized, now the root partition is on /dev/ad6s1a. A good approach is to apply a label or use the UFSID of the

Re: Where's my disk?

2011-06-04 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:12:28 +0200, Erik Nørgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: Thanks, I tried to add labels, and all file systems are labeled, except the root file system, it gives an error alpha# tunefs -L root /dev/ad6s1a tunefs: /dev/ad6s1a: failed to write superblock Can I use the

Re: Where's my disk?

2011-06-04 Thread RW
On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 10:48:12 +0200 Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:31:18 +0200, Erik Nørgaard norga...@locolomo.org wrote: The first problem is that I have no idea how my disk will be recognized, now the root partition is on /dev/ad6s1a. A good approach is to

Re: Where's my disk?

2011-06-04 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 4 Jun 2011, Erik Nørgaard wrote: On 4/6/11 10:48 AM, Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:31:18 +0200, Erik Nørgaardnorga...@locolomo.org wrote: The first problem is that I have no idea how my disk will be recognized, now the root partition is on /dev/ad6s1a. A good approach is

Re: Where's my disk?

2011-06-04 Thread Erik Nørgaard
On 4/6/11 3:09 PM, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 4 Jun 2011, Erik Nørgaard wrote: Thanks, I tried to add labels, and all file systems are labeled, except the root file system, it gives an error alpha# tunefs -L root /dev/ad6s1a tunefs: /dev/ad6s1a: failed to write superblock The filesystem has

Re: Where's my disk?

2011-06-04 Thread claudiu vasadi
Try booting into single user mode and then: # mount -u / # tunefs -L root /dev/ad6s1a # reboot ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Where's my disk?

2011-06-04 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 4 Jun 2011, claudiu vasadi wrote: Try booting into single user mode and then: # mount -u / # tunefs -L root /dev/ad6s1a # reboot Single user yes, but don't remount the filesystem. Just label it and reboot. ___