From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 17 21:33:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC6016A4CE; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:33:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail007.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail007.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C31D43D1D; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:33:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tfrank@optushome.com.au) Received: from marvin.home.local (c211-28-241-189.eburwd5.vic.optusnet.com.au [211.28.241.189])i1I5WxQ11166; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:33:00 +1100 Received: by marvin.home.local (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2897919D; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:32:58 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:32:57 +1100 From: Tony Frank To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Message-ID: <20040218053257.GA289@marvin.home.local> References: <20040216110444.GA83416@marvin.home.local> <20040216232130.GR33797@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040217003926.GA19004@marvin.home.local> <20040217072306.GH33797@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040217120136.GB20535@marvin.home.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040217120136.GB20535@marvin.home.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i cc: Tony Frank cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vinum raid5 subdisks keep changing length? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 05:33:03 -0000 Hi again, On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 11:01:36PM +1100, Tony Frank wrote: [ ... ] > Despite this logging oddity everything else appears to work just fine using 4.9-RELEASE. > > I am currently building world based on RELENG_4 cvsup from this evening. > Will try it all again with the new kernel & world probably tomorrow. > > Main thing that is different is that I no longer have a vinum root environment. > I might try to rebuild that while I wait for world to build. > Vinum root needs a bit more planning from the start due to disk offsets and the like... [ ... ] > > Will further report tomorrow on outcome of further testing. > Scenarios: > data raid5 with vinum root on 4.9-RELEASE > plain data raid5 with RELENG_4 > data raid5 with vinum root on RELENG_4 Well I have rebuilt my setup with vinum root + raid5 data volume. I originally rebuilt it on 4.9-RELEASE GENERIC kernel + world from CD #1. Without going so far as to do hardware failure testing, I did not observe any problems other than the lack of vinum entries from bootup in the logs. I then upgraded the system to RELENG_4 GENERIC kernel (cvsup yesterday) and world built from same sources. Still no problems after reboots or as a result of any other 'normal' operations. I then built & installed a custom kernel based on RELENG_4 GENERIC (remove lot of drivers and add IPFW etc) and still it all works fine and without any obvious issues. As such I suspect the previous scenario was likely a result of user error and some obscure combination of events. If I'm bored again tomorrow I might rebuild the lot again but starting with the RELENG_4 level instead of 4.9-RELEASE to see if that has any impacts. Thanks for your time, Tony