Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:10:58 -0600 From: "Larry Rosenman" <ler@lerctr.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Subject: Re: whats best pracfive for ZFS on a whole disc these days ? Message-ID: <dcf811a4c1d8346ef579a8fefb5eb752.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <4AFF455A.90001@gsoft.com.au> References: <E1N2NcA-0004c4-CE@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> <200910271902.19618.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20091027104316.dsp7kikkoogo80gw@www.goldsword.com> <200910281112.06300.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <493EE416-62CE-4EA4-81A7-8F802789D5DD@lassitu.de> <4AFF40B1.3040705@gsoft.com.au> <2aed0fc0af06c5fb17495e8925214ac7.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org> <4AFF455A.90001@gsoft.com.au>
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On Sat, November 14, 2009 6:03 pm, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > Larry Rosenman wrote: >> NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM >> vault ONLINE 0 0 0 >> raidz1 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada1 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada2 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada3 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada4 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada5 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada0s1f ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada0s1e ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada0s1d ONLINE 0 0 0 >> >> errors: No known data errors >> # glabel label disk01 /dev/ada1 >> glabel: Can't store metadata on /dev/ada1: Operation not permitted. >> # >> >> Ideas? > > This is because glabel writes to the end of the disk (which is what it > uses to persist the label), if you haven't already labelled them it > can't add a one without destroying some data. > > I don't have this problem because I used GPT as a container and it has a > UUID for each partition made. That makes sense. I guess if I ever rebuild this one, I'll be better about it :) and, now that we have raidz boot, I'll just make the whole mess ZFS. :) LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893
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