Trying to create a FreeNAS storage pool

[Colin Whittaker]

I have successfully built a FreeNAS server but following a hard drive and motherboard failure I'm trying to build a new clean FreeNAS.
I can see my 4 disks in Storage - Volumes - View Disks
When I try to create a new Volume I get the message Error: Unable to GPT format the disk ada0
Opening up a terminal gives the following messages ...

[root@freenas] ~# gpart show ada0
gpart: No such geom: ada0.
[root@freenas] ~# gpart create -s gpt ada0
gpart: geom 'ada0': Operation not permitted
[root@freenas] ~# sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=0x10
kern.geom.debugflags: 0 -> 16
[root@freenas] ~# gpart create -s gpt ada0
ada0 created
[root@freenas] ~# gpart show ada0
=> 34 3907029101 ada0 GPT (1.8T)
34 3907029101 - free - (1.8T)

[root@freenas] ~#

But when I reboot the FreeNAS box the partition has disappeared!

Can anyone help me stop going in circles?

Thanks, Colin

 

[Drk]

Are you mounting the the freenas drive, mount -uw /?

 

[Colin Whittaker]

Problem solved.

After using the gpart create command the disk wipe on the GUI seemed to reconcile things between the terminal and GUI and I was able to create a new volume.

Now all I have to do is remember how to set up a CIFS. (I wish I wasn't so old.)

Thanks, Colin

 

[Colin Whittaker]

Argh. Rebooting the system loses the volume.

Is there a permanent gpart tool I can use?

Thanks, Colin

 

[MtK]

ooops...

 

[cyberjock]

ooops...

LOL. You know you just necro'd a thread from June 2013? Hehe.....