Boot Troubleshooting

[cutler]

from "Boot Troubleshooting" doc:

Boot Blocks/Loader Issues
 bsdlabel -B /dev/ad0s1

When i run this command, this error occurs:

bsdlabel: cannot open provider /dev/ad0s1 for writing label: Operation not permitted
bsdlabel: Try to use gpart(8).

How can i solve the problem?

[jimp]

Try running this first:

sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16

[cutler]

thanks jim, but problem remains:

[2.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(1): sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16
kern.geom.debugflags: 0 -> 16
[2.1-RELEASE][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(2):  bsdlabel -B /dev/da0s1
bsdlabel: cannot open provider /dev/da0s1 for writing label: Operation not permitted
bsdlabel: Try to use gpart(8).

[jimp]

Are you booting from that drive while you try to modify it?

Or are you booting from CD?

You'll have to boot from something else to make that work, I believe.