Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 12:43:01 +0100 From: "Tomas Palfi" <tpalfi@phoenixmedical.co.uk> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: vinum or gvinum Message-ID: <119D03CDAA26274786799627855EC43D403548@indy.enzo.phoenixmedical.co.uk>
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Hi=20all, I=20am=20still=20struggling=20to=20set=20up=20a=20one=20way=20mirror=20on=20= two=2072GB=20disks=20on 5.4=20intel=20platform,=20however,=20there=20seems=20to=20be=20a=20lot=20o= f=20confusion=20about what=20to=20use=20in=20the=20first=20place.=20this=20is=20vinum=20v=20gvin= um.=20=20I=20have=20managed to=20get=20to=20the=20point=20where=20I=20can=20fsck=20all=20volumes,=20ho= wever=20when=20rebooting the=20box=20would=20not=20come=20back=20giving=20me=20this: vinum:=20loaded vinum:=20no=20drives=20found Mounting=20root=20from=20ufs:/dev/gvinum/root setrootbyname=20failed ffs_mountroot:=20can't=20find=20rootvp Root=20mount=20failed:=206 Tried=20to=20configure=20the=20same=20with=20gvinum=20replicating=20the=20= vinum.conf, however,=20still=20nothing.=20=20You=20know,=20when=20you=20are=20creating= =20the=20vinum volume=20in=20bsdlabel=20and=20offsetting=20it=20with=2016=20blocks=20givi= ng=20it=20vinum format,=20do=20you=20change=20this=20for=20gvinum=20as=20well???=20my=20co= nfig=20would=20not have=20it,=20I=20can=20save=20it? I=20also=20tried=20the=20geom_vinum_load=3D"YES"=20in=20the=20/boot/loader= .conf, however,=20should=20I=20have=20vinum.autostart=3D"YES"=20there=20as=20well= =20for=20the gvinum??=20On=20another=20occasion=20I=20have=20edited=20/etc/rc.d/vinum=20= changing=20the start_cmd=20to=20"gvinum=20start"=20-=20nothing=20happened??? Also=20in=20the=20vinum.conf=20file=20that=20I=20laboriously=20create=20ea= ch=20time=20I=20try, is=20the=20 drive=20Master=20device=20/dev/da0s1h=20 with=20the=20h=20which=20is=20the=20slice=20which=20I=20create=20in=20the=20= bsdlabel=20or=20is=20it the=20device=20name=20/dev/da0s1a=20for=20the=20root=20volume??=20Non=20of= =20it=20worked=20for me. Help=20me=20out=20from=20here=20please.=20=20This=20is=20supposed=20to=20b= e=20a=20production server=20and=20I=20have=20spent=20two=20days=20on=20it=20already.=20=20 Tomas -- tp PRIVACY=20&=20CONFIDENTIALITY This=20e-mail=20is=20private=20and=20confidential.=20=20If=20you=20have,=20= or=20suspect=20you=20have=20received=20this=20message=20in=20error=20pleas= e=20notify=20the=20sender=20as=20soon=20as=20possible=20and=20remove=20fro= m=20your=20system.=20=20You=20may=20not=20copy,=20distribute=20or=20take=20= any=20action=20in=20reliance=20on=20it.=20Thank=20you=20for=20your=20co-op= eration. Please=20note=20that=20whilst=20best=20efforts=20are=20made,=20neither=20t= he=20company=20nor=20the=20sender=20accepts=20any=20responsibility=20for=20= viruses=20and=20it=20is=20your=20responsibility=20to=20scan=20the=20email=20= and=20attachments=20(if=20any). This=20e-mail=20has=20been=20automatically=20scanned=20for=20viruses=20by=20= MessageLabs.
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