RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Don O'Neil
> > The hardware I have is the built in SATA controller on the > > motherboard, which is GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3. With the NVIDIA GeForce > > 6100 / nForce 430 and Super I/O chip: ITE IT8716. > > > > Oct 4 04:07:30 kermit kernel: atapci0: controller> port > > 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:08:34AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 09:45:52AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > There is one thing about later FreeBSDs which I am aware of: 48-bit > > > LBA addressing. I'm left wondering if what you're running > > into is a > > > bug or

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:08:34AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > The hardware I have is the built in SATA controller on the motherboard, > which is GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3. With the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 and > Super I/O chip: ITE IT8716. > > Oct 4 04:07:30 kermit kernel: atapci0: port > 0x

RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Don O'Neil
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 09:45:52AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > There is one thing about later FreeBSDs which I am aware of: 48-bit > > LBA addressing. I'm left wondering if what you're running > into is a > > bug or a problem with older FreeBSD (6.1) not supporting this. I > > would h

RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Don O'Neil
> > > > I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm > > > > trying to label it and mount it... > > > > > > > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > > > > > > > bsdlabel: Geom not found > > > > > > > > If I run sysinstall, it tells me that it can't write to the disk. > > > > >

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 09:45:52AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > There is one thing about later FreeBSDs which I am aware of: 48-bit LBA > addressing. I'm left wondering if what you're running into is a bug or > a problem with older FreeBSD (6.1) not supporting this. I would have to > go back t

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 09:36:19AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 08:03:46AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > > > > > > I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying > > > > to label it and mount it... > > > > > > > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > >

RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Don O'Neil
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 08:03:46AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > > > > I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying > > > to label it and mount it... > > > > > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > > > > > bsdlabel: Geom not found > > > > > > If I run sysinstall, it tells

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 12:07:08PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 08:03:46AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > > > > I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying to > > > label it and mount it... > > > > > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > > > > > b

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 08:03:46AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > > I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying to > > label it and mount it... > > > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > > > bsdlabel: Geom not found > > > > If I run sysinstall, it tells me that it can't wri

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 08:03:46AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > > I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying to > > label it and mount it... > > > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > > > bsdlabel: Geom not found > > > > If I run sysinstall, it tells me that it can't writ

RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-06 Thread Don O'Neil
> I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying to > label it and mount it... > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > bsdlabel: Geom not found > > If I run sysinstall, it tells me that it can't write to the disk. > > I've tried an old 'bypass': sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-05 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 03:42:53AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 11:07:58AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> I tried using fdisk first, same problem, won't let me write to the disk. > >> > >> Do you will use the entire disk in one partition ? If so, just do

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-05 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 03:42:53AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 11:07:58AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> I tried using fdisk first, same problem, won't let me write to the disk. > >> > >> Do you will use the entire disk in one partition ? If so, just do:

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-05 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 11:07:58AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> >>> >>> I tried using fdisk first, same problem, won't let me write to the disk. >> >> Do you will use the entire disk in one partition ? If so, just do: >> newfs /dev/ad4 >> > yes you can. i actually do this Isn't this what's ca

RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-05 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I tried using fdisk first, same problem, won't let me write to the disk. Do you will use the entire disk in one partition ? If so, just do: newfs /dev/ad4 yes you can. i actually do this ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.f

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-04 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 04:43:14AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying to label > it and mount it... > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > bsdlabel: Geom not found > > If I run sysinstall, it tells me that it can't write to the disk. >

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-04 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Oct 04, 2008 at 04:43:14AM -0700, Don O'Neil wrote: > I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying to label > it and mount it... > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > bsdlabel: Geom not found > > If I run sysinstall, it tells me that it can't write to the disk. >

RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-04 Thread Don O'Neil
> >>> I've tried an old 'bypass': sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16, but > >>> that > >>> didn't help. > >>> > >>> Can anyone help me get this new disk installed without having to > boot >>> off a recovery CD? The server is 500 miles away from me and > I don't >>> have direct console access.

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-04 Thread Alexandre Biancalana
On 10/4/08, Don O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I've tried an old 'bypass': sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16, but that > >>> didn't help. > >>> > >>> Can anyone help me get this new disk installed without having to boot > >>> off a recovery CD? The server is 500 miles away from me and I d

RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-04 Thread Don O'Neil
>>> I've tried an old 'bypass': sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16, but that >>> didn't help. >>> >>> Can anyone help me get this new disk installed without having to boot >>> off a recovery CD? The server is 500 miles away from me and I don't >>> have direct console access. >>> >> >> Uhmm... This m

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-04 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I've tried an old 'bypass': sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16, but that didn't help. Can anyone help me get this new disk installed without having to boot off a recovery CD? The server is 500 miles away from me and I don't have direct console access. Uhmm... This may seem silly, but did you use f

Re: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-04 Thread Michael Powell
Don O'Neil wrote: > I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying to label > it and mount it... > > If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: > > bsdlabel: Geom not found > > If I run sysinstall, it tells me that it can't write to the disk. > > I've tried an old 'bypass': sysctl ker

Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1

2008-10-04 Thread Don O'Neil
I just swapped out an old 500G disk with a 1TB one and I'm trying to label it and mount it... If I run bsdlabel -w ad4, I get: bsdlabel: Geom not found If I run sysinstall, it tells me that it can't write to the disk. I've tried an old 'bypass': sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16, but that didn't h