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Date:      Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:46:08 +0300
From:      Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>
To:        Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GEOM_JOURNAL: Timeout. Journal gjournal XXXX cannot be completed.
Message-ID:  <48EC9D80.50704@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <48EC63A2.7000706@shopzeus.com>
References:  <48EC63A2.7000706@shopzeus.com>

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Laszlo Nagy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to add a new disk to my system. I'm ready with labeling the 
> disk. It is an SCSI device with and UFS partition and a SWAP 
> partition. The swap is turned off, and I would like to use it as 
> journal space. There is a screenshot attached showing what happens 
> after entering single user mode. swaps are turned off, and the journal 
> cannot be initialized. The message says:
>
> GEOM_JOURNAL: Timeout. Journal gjournal 2578807269 cannot be completed.
>
> Why is that?
>
> Thanks,
>
>   Laszlo
>

Screenshots will not come through on the list, could you upload them 
somewhere and send a link?
Is the partition you are trying to journal mounted?



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