From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 23 17:01:04 2007 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 27CB516A41B for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:01:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=/4QvhO8c=RO=asarian-host.net=admin@asarian-host.net) Received: from mail.asarian-host.net (mail.asarian-host.net [194.109.160.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F59013C44B for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:01:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=/4QvhO8c=RO=asarian-host.net=admin@asarian-host.net) Received: from anonymizer.asarian-host.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.asarian-host.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBNH11bY005450 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:01:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) DomainKey-Signature: q=dns; a=rsa-sha1; h=from:received-spf:message-id:date:subject:x-trace:organization:to:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; c=nofws; s=anon; d=asarian-host.net; b=kkhojEyh9+6C8+7MtsMv9VpqldIO0q2NU8H2Y5TvvkEpJWvvnkzZIvtWv13b5mLUtKslbtboyaRfCT/zLUhTMW5LoJmk1sxWdlw/6bUS8+dsaUYQKigm/ayDpTG24tOucblWejQvUz1yPX9VnZkJk8InMiOBbEKirU9AnL1OcLs= From: Mark Received-SPF: pass (asarian-host.net: 127.0.0.1 is authenticated by a trusted mechanism) receiver=anonymizer.asarian-host.net; client-ip=127.0.0.1; envelope-from=; helo=clientrunner.asarian-host.net; Message-Id: <200712231701.lBNGV12E004727@asarian-host.net> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:01:00 GMT X-Trace: A/qylPPxY2ZOnukaggwZo8DDFtfyVu/QuXNloyMuQk4= X-Complaints-To: abuse@asarian-host.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers, otherwise we are unable to process your complaint X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on asarian-host.net Organization: Asarian-host To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: nl Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: New disk woes 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: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:01:04 -0000 On an older 4.11 FreeBSD system I need to replace a disk. Matthew Seaman once explained how: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-July/011733.html For one, he said to start with: fdisk -I ad4 But when I re-do that, it says: "No such file or directory" And, indeed, I have: crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x00020022 May 19 2004 /dev/ad4s1 crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x00020020 May 19 2004 /dev/ad4s1a crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x00020021 May 19 2004 /dev/ad4s1b crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x00020022 May 19 2004 /dev/ad4s1c crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x00020023 May 19 2004 /dev/ad4s1d crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x00020024 May 19 2004 /dev/ad4s1e crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x00020025 May 19 2004 /dev/ad4s1f crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x00020026 May 19 2004 /dev/ad4s1g crw-r----- 2 root operator 116, 0x00020027 May 19 2004 /dev/ad4s1h But no ad4, it seems. How quaint! So, is there a way to recreate it? The backup disk is failing, and I need to have it replaced soon. Thanks, - Mark