From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 23:43:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3844910656D2 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:43:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msams992000@yahoo.com.au) Received: from web36105.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web36105.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.163.179.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D51458FC14 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:43:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msams992000@yahoo.com.au) Received: (qmail 38142 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Nov 2008 23:43:02 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com.au; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=bR2DYoZ6k6PuQBJQoFTsorIsyy4etk/YYOOGVDFvUT6Trk3oVVYLXtUZYXJYoMJVOLSacJ8fDkE/4zFBT0s1tG7M+vFDYEZ8dYdjRR05mPZYLWDTc9TjDN9hSJbkYfxAbkaj3gCYIbMI/GhZQzRJELPoIzZPDY/Ngx+MzYLYnoI=; X-YMail-OSG: ITNfINcVM1lmSu3PpiQeOtJStkMvC4ELM6g1DQqkp.9hc1XSPRi3bLs5m9ilqPqI7zvD.TaMV.uUlMAAGdU8glbJnLmRQTAyRRPV6mCa2NaF6ibJMbqer2Qhcwc0kWheir3ax8mmLqNJsQ9ZBkFZ0O5TCbQ_LvqmUwmhuDneS1nTGRxO8yFvZ7VGngXY Received: from [75.101.20.105] by web36105.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:43:02 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/1155.32 YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 References: <610465.33671.qm@web36108.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20081119191042.GA5284@icarus.home.lan> <957588.98964.qm@web36103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20081119193242.GA5739@icarus.home.lan> <20081119194851.GA20898@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:43:02 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Sams To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <478001.37886.qm@web36105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: atacontrol missing drive after upgrade to 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:43:03 -0000 > > > > You're using Intel MatrixRAID, aren't you? Please migrate away fro= m=0A=0A> > > > this immediately, your data is at risk.=0A=0AAlthough I am n= ot using Matrix RAID, I guess I will switch to gmirror to be safe. Does the= following approach seem valid?=0A=0A=0A1) Break the mirror (ar0)=0A2) Rebo= ot using ad0=0A3) (from the link=0Ahttp://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/j= ason/chuck/1175552464/index_html ):=0A=0A Step 1: Use sysctl to allow the = mounted disk to be modified=0A Step 2: Create the mirror (gm0) using ad0 w= ith gmirror=0A Step 3: Modify /boot/loader.conf to load gmirror on startup= =0A Step 4: Replace ar0 with gm0 in /etc/fstab=0A Step 6: Use gmirror ins= ert command to add ad1 to gm0=0A Step 7: Check the mirroring status with g= mirror statusShould I just call the mirror ar0 instead of gm0 and save doin= g step4? Any problem with that?=0A=0AThanks in advance.=0A=0AMark=0A=0A=0A= =0A Make the switch to the world's best email. Get Yahoo!7 Mail! h= ttp://au.yahoo.com/y7mail