Trouble creating mount points

[sandyjagmin]

I am attempting to create a mount point for a hard drive that was previously installed and I keep getting the error:

The following input errors were detected:
The disk/partition is already configured.

I can't seem to go any further.

The background is that I've been using freenas for a couple years (fairly trouble free, so my experiencing fixing things is limited), I made the mistake of upgrading to fn8 when doing some other server maintenance, and then moved on to nas4free. I've been experiencing some seemingly random errors that I thought might be hard drive related. So I deleted all of the drives/mount points/shares from the server with the plan to add them back in 1 at a time in an attempt to pinpoint a drive that might be causing the problem. I added 1 drive in and ran the server all day with no errors, but, now, trying to add any other drive I get the above error.

Is there anything I can do, short of formatting the drive, to mount it?

[sacii]

Either from the console or ssh, run the mount command and post the results.

[sandyjagmin]

All of my previous server management has been through the web interface only. Can you give the exact text that I need to enter? I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge.

[sacii]

If you are not running your NAS headless (e.g. monitor and keyboard attached to NAS), select 6 (and enter) from the console menu to go to the shell, then enter the command "mount" without quotes (and enter) at the shell prompt.

If you are running your NAS headless, you will need to setup SSH under services and login to your NAS from a machine which has a SSH client installed. Once you are logged in, enter the command "mount" without quotes (and enter) at the prompt.

[sandyjagmin]

OK, thanks. It says:

/dev/md0 on/ (ufs, local)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, multilabel)
procfs on /proc (procfs, local)
/dev/ufsid/4f7fdf2acc446189 on /mnt/Images 2012 (ufs, local, journaled soft-updates, acls)
/dev/md1 on /var (ufs, local)
/dev/ada2a on /cf (ufs, local, read-only)

[sacii]

I assume that /mnt/Images 2012 is the mount point that is not having problems. If so, try unmounting /mnt/Images 2012 with the WebUI, and then try to mount the mount point that gave you the error message. If that mount is successful, then try mounting /mnt/Images 2012 again.

If the problematic mount is still unsuccessful, try running fsck on the device/partition. Again, you will have to use the console menu or ssh. The command will be similar to the following:

fsck_ufs -y /dev/ada2p1

Substitute the device/partition you are trying to fix for "ada2p1". The -y option will make fsck correct any errors found without prompting. If errors are corrected, run the command again until no errors are found. Once fsck stops finding errors, try the mount again and report back your results.

[sandyjagmin]

Unmounting the "images" drive did the trick. Now both are mounted. Thank you so much for your help.

[sacii]

Unmounting the "images" drive did the trick. Now both are mounted. Thank you so much for your help.

You're welcome. I didn't expect it to be that easy.