Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:14:02 +0100 (BST) From: Kiril Mitev <kiril@ideaglobal.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Device numbering and VINUM Message-ID: <199904141214.NAA05340@idea.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19990413085649.A26880@palomine.net> from "Chris Johnson" at Apr 13, 99 08:56:49 am
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Hmm, does this imply that when I add disks, I should wite down my existing devices to avoid messing up the vinum config ? Kiril > > On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 02:45:37PM +0200, Marko Schuetz wrote: > > I'd like to suggest that in addition to the devices /dev/da? there > > should be device containing the channel, SCSI id and lun of the > > device. > > > > The motivation is that I had a couple of SCSI disks in a machine and > > / was not on the first one. When there was some disk trouble such that > > the first drive was no longer detected correctly, the drive with SCSI > > id 1 became the first drive (da0) but since /etc/fstab was not changed > > accordingly the system didn't finish booting, giving some message like > > 'could not change root to da1s1a'. > > > > If there is another solution to the problem I would be glad to learn > > it. One solution would be to use SCSI ids (as jumpered on the drive) > > in /etc/fstab. > > Look for "wiring down devices" in the LINT file. > > Chris > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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