From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 4 22:32:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99FE1106568C for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:32:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@lizardhill.com) Received: from kermit.lizardhill.com (kermit.lizardhill.com [64.69.41.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BE778FC0C for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:32:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@lizardhill.com) Received: from ip72-193-84-190.lv.lv.cox.net ([72.193.84.190] helo=mickey) by kermit.lizardhill.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1KmFfs-000NTS-KF; Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:32:32 -0700 From: "Don O'Neil" To: "'Alexandre Biancalana'" References: <20081004181923.N2683@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A5E18EB2ED142C2B97EFD5A82AA805F@mickey> <8e10486b0810041351je5262fbi3bee00f47ef3bc68@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:31:53 -0700 Message-ID: <10435563D3EC45D8A9AE00AECF113945@mickey> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AckmYv9htLscbp7dTRW9ixA1EOrsXgADeEkg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 In-Reply-To: <8e10486b0810041351je5262fbi3bee00f47ef3bc68@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Can't add new 1TB disk in FreeBSD 6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:32:22 -0000 > >>> 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 fdisk to create a > slice >> first before you tried partitioning? > >> > >this is NOT needed. actually i don't do it anywhere. > > > >it just may be sysinstall problem, anything else. > > > 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 Maybe you should to use gjournal for this large filesystem.... ------------ I tried newfs before, same issue: # newfs /dev/ad4 newfs: /dev/ad4: failed to open disk for writing