Problem adding new disk to existing installation (FreeBSD 4.8)

From: Joel V (joel_at_starman.ee)
Date: 05/29/03

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Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:37:12 +0300

    Hello all.
     
    My problem seemed to be a little too weird and uncommon to post at
    freebsd-questions.
     
    Background information: P4 2.4 / Intel D845PESV / 512 DDR333 / 120GB WD
    primary master / 60GB WD secondary master
     
    I've succesfully installed FreeBSD 4.8 on primary master. However, when
    I try to add the secondary master to the existing installation via
    sysinstall, things don't go so smoothly.
    I can create a new slice in Fdisk without problems, but Disklabel just
    stops after giving me the error about mounting. In another getty I see
    this:
     
    DEBUG: MakeDev: Unknown major/minor for devtype -

    I changed the ata100 cable. I checked the disk with WD's Data Lifeguard.
    The disk also worked fine in a Win2k workstation. All the BIOS settings
    are on auto. Someone suggested on doing "cd /dev/ && ./MAKEDEV all", but
    this didn't help. Also, FreeBSD detects both disks without problems:
     
    ad0: 114473MB <WDC WD1200JB-00CRA1> [232581/16/63] at ata0-master
    UDMA100
    ad2: 57241MB <WDC WD600JB-00CRA1> [116301/16/63] at ata1-master UDMA100

    Anyone seen something like this before? I found surprisingly little info
    on google.
     
     
     
    Cheers,
    Joel
     
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