Stuck in bootstrapping hell - how do I troubleshoot?

[Alex Zbyslaw]

Chris Zumbrunn wrote:

> We also tried to boot just from one disk (ad0) after disabling the 
> RAID1 (ar0). And we reinstalled the MBR/bootstrap code on the ad0 and 
> ad2 disks but still couldn't get them to boot.
>
> Then we switched the disks with those from another (identical) machine 
> and repeated the setup. This time it worked fine and FreeBSD is 
> booting now. The other disks now work fine as well, but are running 
> debian in the other machine.

Glad you're running, anyway!

Normally, I'd say maybe reseating the cables is what made it work, but 
I'm sure you said that the machine would boot debian before you did any 
swapping.  So no ideas; you've got me stumped.

--Alex