From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 26 18:55:58 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9219D1065696 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:55:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cfaber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DDA78FC0A for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:55:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws7 with SMTP id 7so2325667vws.13 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:55:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yBoe2C8CM2M1S5Ya9FhkPACqQlJOYXif2nqu8dTtPo0=; b=N2Y8eca1qXhNk5mQ/3UxuY8vjZQ897WlgwKRCcxbIBgDzlqmJmjDpNcDLaUdjzBpIj FGv/P73GoZLxpYUWL2fw0DOQmM4yLlt01ydokK5B7nFfhetQ3m+x1wwiA0uli1KuP4c/ 8K0nipNQtOae8K7E3PuwchPKUEC9/qKgvIXg0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=eF5EGGFwinrPUNS7T7C6OQ6rw6Lntq3Rp30wicSmc2YmCCBxU9nmTNnYfxfihNg9yR YgxXc9976vX4SgLO08wrDeFEcXzefLDKWkSLkGWzlGez12UXRRZD3stj/MUFejjB5TAc 12Y1sNh7sLcYfUIPDfHBjoaSjEG1YEKnIHsdM= Received: by 10.220.128.138 with SMTP id k10mr6187760vcs.116.1282847409891; Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:30:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.10.0.100] (c-67-162-133-38.hsd1.co.comcast.net [67.162.133.38]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q12sm1265990vcf.35.2010.08.26.11.30.07 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C76B2B2.5000301@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:30:10 -0600 From: Colin Faber User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100713 Thunderbird/3.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Damien Badio References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gmirror unable to boot disks X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:55:58 -0000 On 08/26/2010 11:05 AM, Damien Badio wrote: > Hello List, > > Sorry if this is the wrong list but I hadnt seen any others pertaining to > gmirror. I currently have freebsd 8 release installed on a amd64 system, > using 2 750GB hdd wth gmirror, setup as raid 1. I woke up this morning to a > screen full of '#'. Rebooting, I am again greeted with a scrolling screen of > '#'. I get to the freebsd boot screen, but am unable to boot using either > disk. As well i am unable to mount these disks attaching them to another > freebsd system. Is this a common experience? What other steps can i take to > recover data from the mirror? I have seemingly checked google and have been > unable to find anyone with a similar problem. Any advice? Thanks in advance! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Both disks are unmountable? Did you fsck them first? What error do you receive when trying to mount them? Also, this sounds like hardware (controller) failure to me. -cf