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Date:      Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:14:09 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Forth <nsforth@mail.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Vinum & FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE
Message-ID:  <20060130074409.GU91655@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <200601301031.13484.nsforth@mail.ru>
References:  <20060128102540.7CFE116A429@hub.freebsd.org> <200601301031.13484.nsforth@mail.ru>

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On Monday, 30 January 2006 at 10:31:13 +0300, Forth wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying setup a vinum mirrored plex with two disks:
>> ad2: 38204MB <SAMSUNG SP0411N> [77622/16/63] at ata1-master UDMA33
>> ad3: 38204MB <SAMSUNG SP0411N> [77622/16/63] at ata1-slave UDMA33
> Disks are new and fully functional, but when i do:
> #vinum start
> #vinum
> vinum -> mirror -v -n mirror /dev/ad2 /dev/ad3
> i get this:
> drive vinumdrive0 device /dev/ad2
> Can't create drive vinumdrive0, device /dev/ad2: Can't initialize drive
> vinumdrive0

You should be using partitions, not disk drives.  Create a partition
of type "vinum", for example /dev/ad2s1h, and specify that.  The man
page explains in more detail.

Greg
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