From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 13 09:19:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A79616A4CE for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:19:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kickflip.avantguard.org (kickflip.avantguard.org [69.55.236.107]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA7E43D4C for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:19:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ryan@ryanhunt.net) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (82-68-65-14.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.68.65.14]) (authenticated bits=0)i9D9G9xd028249 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:16:11 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from ryan@ryanhunt.net) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) In-Reply-To: <20041013071207.GL98575@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <200410121602.i9CG2kOr082691@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <20041013071207.GL98575@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ryan Hunt Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:19:17 +0100 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Subject: Re: Geom Vinum backwards compatible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:19:25 -0000 But will this destroy the data on the 'drives'? I want to be able to resize the disks on the fly.. (using growfs once I've added an additional plex) On 13 Oct 2004, at 08:12, Stijn Hoop wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 08:01:52AM +0100, Ryan Hunt wrote: >> I'm trying to get vinum (geom) happening in BETA7, but I'm finding >> that 'resetconfig' it not available yet (among other commands).. > > As a workaround, you maybe you can obliterate the previous > configuration by > dd'ing /dev/zero to the first 257 sectors of the relevant vinum > 'drives'. I'd > do this without geom_vinum loaded though. > > No idea as to your other answers; I'm still not sure whether I'm > experiencing > data corruption on a concat volume due to geom_vinum but I don't have > the time > to debug this. My home machine has a complete gvinum mirror setup (no > concat) > and I've had absolutely 0 problems with it. It's running 5.3-BETA5. > > --Stijn > > -- > Coughlin's law: never tell tales about a woman no matter how far away > she > is, she'll always hear you. > -- Cocktail