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Date:      Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:26:13 +0200
From:      "C.M. Burns" <montiburns@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Migrate harddisk with FreeBSD into new machine
Message-ID:  <48A478C5.3030002@googlemail.com>

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Hi list,

I have a problem. A faulty machine was running freeBSD with a two 
harddisk software raid.
now these two disks should be put into a new machine, but of course it 
won't boot because it is new hardware.
Kernel just reports: cannot mount root device from /dev/mirror/gm0s1a 
(or sth like this).

question is now, how can i add the correct driver into the initial 
ramdisk (if there is such a thing on bsd) so the machine finds the two 
drives?
second question: how can i afterwards remove the software mirror and 
only use one harddisk from that moment on?

any help is very welcom, as i have no idea about bsd. i am a linux guy ;)

thanks!



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