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Date:      Mon, 4 Dec 2000 19:42:46 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        marcd@internode.on.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: initialising vinum plex
Message-ID:  <20001204194246.H78854@echunga.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001202122043.marcd@internode.on.net>; from marcd@internode.on.net on Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 12:22:01PM %2B0000
References:  <XFMail.001202122043.marcd@internode.on.net>

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On Saturday,  2 December 2000 at 12:22:01 +0000, marcd@internode.on.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was running 3 drives in a RAID5 configuration but I now want
> to change it to using 2 drives concatendate.
>
> The create goes through fine but when I do a newfs -v I get an
> in input/output error which is a sympton that I haven't initiallised
> the plexes.

No, that's not the case.

> What is the correct syntax for the init command

In the manual.

> if I try init -w develop.s0.p0 I get the following error
> vinum[519]: initiallising subdisk /dev/vinum/sd/develop.p0.s0
> can't initialize /dev/vinum/sd/develop.p0.so: device busy (16)
>
> and get booted out of the vinum program.

The syntax is correct.  The problem must be elsewhere.  In my case,
the problem is that you haven't submitted the information I ask for in
http://www.vinumvm.org/vinum/how-to-debug.html.

> I'm running 4.2-Stable on Epox socket A motherboard with Thunderbird 900.
> The harddisks are all scsi attached to the a Tekram 390F controller.

OK, no known problems there.  I've run Vinum on pretty much that
configuration.

Greg
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