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Date:      Sun, 3 Oct 2004 03:38:03 +0200
From:      Peter Schuller <peter.schuller@infidyne.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Dormer <rdormer@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: vinum
Message-ID:  <200410030338.03758.peter.schuller@infidyne.com>
In-Reply-To: <3174add604100215384455ca4a@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <3174add604100215384455ca4a@mail.gmail.com>

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> drive a device /dev/ad0
> drive b device /dev/ad3
...
> ** 1 Can't initialize drive a: Operation not supported by device
...
> illuminating.  Is this a common problem?  How do I fix it?  I've made
> sure that the disks in question have been labeled using disklabel -e
> as vinum volumes.   What else?

I suspect the problem is that you are supposed to specify the vinum volume; 
not the drive. That is, a vinum "drive" is a vinum partition on a physical 
device, not the physical device itself. So try specifying /dev/ad0s1a 
or /dev/ad0a or whatever is the name of your vinum labled partition.

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