Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 14:35:30 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Lukas Ertl <le@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: geom_vinum problems (crashes and lockups) Message-ID: <20040626123530.GF12007@darkness.comp.waw.pl> In-Reply-To: <20040626135735.E666@korben.in.tern> References: <20040625013138.54319.qmail@web53710.mail.yahoo.com> <20040626135735.E666@korben.in.tern>
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--xmaaO/kAkmiSHqEM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 02:07:03PM +0200, Lukas Ertl wrote: +> This is a situation that I currently consider 'unsupported'. The proble= m=20 +> is that the 'd' partition has no offset, thus it is (from the point of= =20 +> view of a geom_vinum drive geom) the same as the 'c' partition. This is= =20 +> the first problem. The second problem is the on-disk format of a=20 +> bsdlabel. As far as I understand it, this meta-data is stored inside=20 +> the first partition, so when you open the drive for writing (i.e.=20 +> mount, fsck) you trigger a spoil event which cause all kinds of confusio= n=20 +> for geom_vinum. I don't know exactly what problems you got, but maybe it can help you: To avoid spoiling and metadata changes under me, I'm opening every provider, which I want to use in geom_mirror (r1w1e1), even if provider which I create isn't yet opened. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.FreeBSD.org pjd@FreeBSD.org http://garage.freebsd.pl FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --xmaaO/kAkmiSHqEM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA3W2SForvXbEpPzQRAnRVAJ0UzuqrCMJ90RN1Dl4iqTdH7aXHbgCg5MXa VgmPZHGyC5gQqKhQcs59abU= =wb4H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xmaaO/kAkmiSHqEM--
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