From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 28 14:35:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 569CD106566B for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:35:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E264D8FC25 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:35:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyg24 with SMTP id 24so260250wyg.13 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:35:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DvVHxafXldfUSUJcSoIe/sVdQE9P3YmuZekr+odi+tA=; b=t4Fj+sPbUBi5qjgcnyUb//TGjQ5au/SPg6IowJuzM3V9baSH7WVv5H7lKUcJyjADQG BnQIsWl4MZ66fURTOasLkfP/wkKNOvjI77K8ZfNUYE+79/XsVtSRRlFQD64d1KyQei5L Siv0m/YGyhyn3IzAVXgGWodC49p8JDbmX3EPI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.217.7.3 with SMTP id z3mr6292002wes.68.1309271735688; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:35:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.46.7 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:35:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4E08558A.7000101@my.gd> <4E089FF5.2050605@my.gd> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:35:35 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Fwd: fubar'ed it good this time... 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: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:35:37 -0000 One more that should have made it to the list... Kurt On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 08:21, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > On 6/27/11 3:40 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 03:03, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >>> On 6/27/11 8:17 AM, Kurt Buff wrote: >> >>>> I've even downloaded and burned the 8.2 live boot iso, but it says it >>>> can't find a hard drive from sysinstall - both the Fdisk and Label >>>> options say >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"No disks found! Please verify that your disk cont= roller >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0is being properly probed at boot time. See the Har= dware >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0guide on the Documentation menu for clues on >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0diagnosing this type of problem." >>>> >>>> I get no love from the Fixit shell, either, with /dev being void of >>>> any reference to the hard drive - just acd0. >>>> >>>> I'm pretty sure that if I can mount the disk that I can just edit the >>>> cruft out of /etc/fstab, and it will all be fine, but I can't get >>>> there... >> >>> >>> >>> You'll want to download a live CD with UFS support :) >>> >>> MFSBSD comes to mind: >>> >>> http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/ >> >> Your advice sounds reasonable, but that site seems devoted to zfs bootab= les. >> >> I wonder if an 8.1 livefs iso will do the trick... >> >> Kurt > > > > Works just fine for non ZFS stuff, we actually use it here with PXE to > install new firewalls. > > Really, it'll do what you want, it has "ee" which is all you need. Oh, how I wish you had been right, but no such luck. It doesn't find any 'da' devices - just acd, again. Kurt