Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 10:36:07 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with "gpart add" Message-ID: <1589340.EJfV1hpdGW@curlew.lan> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407052311490.15491@wonkity.com> References: <41313663.OOGA20ln3i@curlew.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407052311490.15491@wonkity.com>
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On Saturday 05 July 2014 23:16:05 Warren Block wrote:
> MBR is touchy about CHS values. It might be complaining about the
> starting location or size. Without those options, it should use all
> of the first available space, rounding for CHS values. So (after
> a backup) try:
>
> gpart add -t freebsd-zfs ada2
I still get the error.
The following extract from "truss gpart add -t freebsd-zfs ada2" might
be relevant
open("/dev/geom.ctl",O_RDONLY,00) = 3 (0x3)
ioctl(3,GEOM_CTL,0x1418040) = 0 (0x0)
close(3) = 0 (0x0)
gpart: write(2,"gpart: ",7) = 7 (0x7)
stat("/usr/share/nls/C/libc.cat",0x7fffffff8910) ERR#2 'No such file or
directory'
stat("/usr/share/nls/libc/C",0x7fffffff8910) ERR#2 'No such file or
directory'
stat("/usr/local/share/nls/C/libc.cat",0x7fffffff8910) ERR#2 'No such file
or directory'
stat("/usr/local/share/nls/libc/C",0x7fffffff8910) ERR#2 'No such file or
directory'
madvise(0x801420000,0x1000,0x5,0x1f,0x7fffffff8000,0xffffffff) = 0 (0x0)
madvise(0x801421000,0x1000,0x5,0x20,0x7fffffff8000,0x7fffffff7fa0) = 0 (0x0)
Invalid argument
write(2,"Invalid argument\n",17) = 17 (0x11)
Checking the relevant directories gives the following:
curlew:/root# ls -l /usr/share/nls/C
total 6
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7924 26 Oct 2012 ee.cat
curlew:/root# ls -l /usr/share/nls/libc
ls: /usr/share/nls/libc: No such file or directory
curlew:/root# ls -l /usr/local/share/nls/C
total 0
curlew:/root# ls -l /usr/local/share/nls/libc
ls: /usr/local/share/nls/libc: No such file or directory
> A 320G drive is not likely to use 4K blocks, but that's worth
> checking. Block misalignment is very easy with MBR, and can make
> for terrible write performance.
Checking with smartctl shows 512 bytes logical/physical
--
Mike Clarke
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