Re: Weird issues with fdisk/dd

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Holden wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
> >     What are you running, the 1.8 release or 1.9 development?  There are
> >     some very major differences in how storage is handled between the two.
> >     It kinda looks like you are running 1.9.
> I am indeed running 1.9.
> >     For 1.9 you are going to have to regenerate all your devices in
> >     /dev.
> >
> >     cd /dev
> >     rm ad*
> >     ./MAKEDEV ad0
> >     ./MAKEDEV ad1
> >     ./MAKEDEV ad2
> >     etc...
> I have done the above, presumably a reboot was needed so I have done that
> also, however i'm still getting the same messages.
>
> Is there anything else I can try, or am I being completely stupid?
>
> Thanks for the prompt response!
>
> Regards,
> Joe

*Which* FreeBSD were you coming from?

And had you previously set up the problematic disk with that (or other) OS?

Bill