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