From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 25 21:17:14 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A19FB98C92D for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:17:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wfdudley@gmail.com) Received: from mbob.nabble.com (mbob.nabble.com [162.253.133.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C9A01C09 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:17:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wfdudley@gmail.com) Received: from msam.nabble.com (unknown [162.253.133.85]) by mbob.nabble.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3326FC6441 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:17:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:17:13 -0700 (MST) From: wfdudley To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1435255862253-6020737.post@n5.nabble.com> References: <1435255862253-6020737.post@n5.nabble.com> Subject: Re: freebsd-update from 8.4 to 9.3 causes gmirror to disappear -- HELP! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:17:14 -0000 Update: I reverted to 8.4 RELEASE and my mirror is back. So, how the heck do I use freebsd-update to get to 9.3 ? Do I have to un-mirror my disks? Thanks, Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:11 PM, wfdudley [via FreeBSD] < ml-node+s1045724n6020737h71@n5.nabble.com> wrote: > I've been running 8.4 STABLE for a while, but decided to try to use > freebsd-update to move to 9.3 > I have a pair of 2TB drives in a gmirror. Works fine. > > I used svn to pull the 8.4 RELEASE source, and built myself an 8.4 RELEASE > system. > > Then, I followed the instructions here: > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.3R/installation.html > > And after the first reboot in to the 9.3 kernel, my gmirror is GONE. > This is ALL MY DATA, and the freebsd-update database > (/var/db/freebsd-update). > > After discovering that the mirror was GONE, I did this: > > sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=17 > gmirror label -vb round-robin gm0 /dev/ad14 > > Which is how I configured the mirror initially (from this > http://www.iprobot.net/linux-tutorial/how-to-setup-sofware-raid-in-freebsd/ post). > > > I'm afraid to do anything more. I'm rebuilding 8.4 RELEASE and am going > to try to boot > into that to see if that works, but then I guess I can't use > freebsd-update because it > causes my mirror to disappear. > > What's wrong? > > How can i get my mirror back? > > Thanks, > Bill Dudley > wfdudley@gmail.com > > P.S. the "subscribe to the mailing list" feature of this web forum appears > broken, in > that it doesn't cause an email to be sent to me inviting me to confirm my > subscription. > > > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/freebsd-update-from-8-4-to-9-3-causes-gmirror-to-disappear-HELP-tp6020737.html > This email was sent by wfdudley > > (via Nabble) > To receive all replies by email, subscribe to this discussion > > -- View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/freebsd-update-from-8-4-to-9-3-causes-gmirror-to-disappear-HELP-tp6020737p6020922.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. 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