-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org on behalf of Tom Worster >Sent: Fri 4/12/2009 8:19 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: my slices are gone > >using sysinstall on the 8.0-RELEASE ISO Disk 1, i looked at the status of >the disks and found some alarming things: > >the label editor shows no labels on either disk. that seems pretty bad. > >and the slice editor says: > >Disk slicing warning: >chunk 'ad6p1' [40..409639] does not start on a track boundary >chunk 'ad6p2' [409640..1464784583] does not start on a track boundary > >which seems pretty bad in two different ways. > >would anyone disagree that freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE upgrade has left >this system unusable and the only next step is reformat at reinstall (that >old windows routine)?
I'm barely starting off in the FreeBSD world after a long hiatus, but might you perchance have been using Dangerously Dedicated disks? It doesn't seem to match the disk layout but you never know. Lots of people have had trouble since DD mode disappeared (it took me ages to figure out why my VMs with DD mode always broke). Dave. -- David Rawling PD Consulting And Security Email: d...@pdconsec.net _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
