SOLVED Volume Creation - Unable to GPT format the disk "ada1"

[koerni]

Hello forum,

I just setup freenas for the first time on my N36L Microserver which I got from a friend of mine. The setup of the first Volume on a small 250GB Harddisk worked just fine.

But the volume creation tool fails for the two main disks ada1 and ada2 with the error: "Error: Unable to GPT format the disk "ada1""

I know, that there has been a linux md raid configuration on the disks. Maybe this is a Problem? The Disks itsels are two 2TB - WD Green hard drives and worked like a charm bevor.

Anyone got an idea how to fix this?

Kind regards
koerni

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

Anyone got an idea how to fix this?

Wipe the drives you're having trouble with, using your favorite disk wiping tool.

 

[koerni]

Thank you, I had to delete all remaining partitions on my linux box in order to get it running.