Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:59:52 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Vallo Kallaste <vallo@matti.ee> Cc: Morten Seeberg <morten@seeberg.dk>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Did a newfs on /dev/vinum/vinum0 not the raw device Message-ID: <20000222085952.D61305@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20000221212020.A52298@myhakas.matti.ee> References: <00f801bf7c84$a2f8e0d0$16280c0a@sos> <20000221212020.A52298@myhakas.matti.ee>
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On Monday, 21 February 2000 at 21:20:20 +0200, Vallo Kallaste wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 04:59:29PM +0100, Morten Seeberg <morten@seeberg.dk> wrote: > >> I hadnīt discovered the /dev/rvinum when i installed vinum, so I did a: >> newfs -v /dev/vinum/vinum0 and mounted it, and it works just fine. Im not >> running on this systems, should I worry, did newfs autodetect the raw >> device? > > You probably mean /dev/vinum/rvinum0? I can't tell you definitive > answer as I don't know what version of FreeBSD you are running, but > some time ago the -current version drop block device support. In > this case you don't have the r prefix indicating "raw" device as all > appropriate devices are already "raw" devices. If so, don't worry, > otherwise somebody else answers your question. Yes, he should have said which version of FreeBSD he's running, but I suppose it's 3.X. In that version, Vinum creates two raw nodes, in this case /dev/vinum/rvinum0 and /dev/rvinum/vinum0. They're both the same, and they'll both be gone in 4.0, since block devices will be gone. It is possible to newfs a block device in 3.x. It's not a good idea: I've seen panics as a result, but it can be done, and if it succeeds, you can assume that there are no problems. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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