Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 16:26:59 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help With Vinum Syntax Message-ID: <3A0098B3.402F8C7F@nasby.net> References: <00103113292800.04686@shf102107.hi.pac.army.mil> <20001031153207.G22110@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Or, put another way, ffs (the FreeBSD file system) runs on top of vinum, not the other way around. Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > * Gary Dunn <gdunng@mac.com> [001031 15:28] wrote: > > using an already mounted filesystem to back a raid setup is a BAD idea. > > > > > vinum -> create vinumcfg > > 1: drive a device /dev/da0s3e > > ** 1 : Invalid argument > > 2: drive b device /dev/da1s1e > > ** 2 : Invalid argument > > of course, they're mounted and not fstype 'vinum' which the manpage > explains: > > DRIVE LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS > vinum drives are currently BSD disk partitions. They must be of type > vinum in order to avoid overwriting data used for other purposes. Use > disklabel -e to edit a partition type definition. The following display > shows a typical partition layout as shown by disklabel: > > ... > > -Alfred > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Jim C. Nasby (aka Decibel!) /^\ jim@nasby.net /___\ Freelance lighting designer and database developer / | \ Member: Triangle Fraternity, Sports Car Club of America /___|___\ Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Get paid to surf!! http://www.enteract.com/~nasby/alladvantage.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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