Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 00:24:29 -0500 From: "Roland Wells" <freebsd@thebeatbox.org> To: "Mike Maltese" <mike@pcmedx.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: vinum concatenated raid setup problems Message-ID: <PDEILHPKMOIPFPKCGAPBKEGICMAA.freebsd@thebeatbox.org> In-Reply-To: <001201c399ec$d40e89c0$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com>
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Mike, thank you for the quick reply. > > The problems: > > 1 - I am able to build the RAID, create a filesystem, and mount to a > > directory in the tree. But I am not able to figure out how to add an > > entry to my /etc/fstab file so that it is automatically mounted on > > reboot. I have looked in the handbook and all it says is to "add the > > proper entries". I simple do not know what entry to add. > > Should be something like: > > /dev/vinum/yourvolume /mountpoint ufs rw 1 2 I will try this. Thank you > > 2 - On reboot, the vinum config is erased. (or at least > thats what it > > looks like...see dmesg output for info) It is my > understanding that on > > reboot, vinum reads it's configuration from each vinum > drive. Since I > > was able to create and mount the RAID, I assume that the > configuration > > would still be there on reboot, even thought it is not being mounted > > with fstab (see problem 1). I have tried this on several systems and > > have yet to be successful in having a vinum config survive reboot. I > > have re-read and re-read the vinum section in the handbook and have > > looked elsewhere but have had no luck :( > > Have you tried 'start_vinum="YES"' in /etc/rc.conf? start_vinum="YES" is already in the /etc/rc.conf...see below: --------------------------------------------------- thegibsor# cat /etc/rc.conf # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Oct 19 20:37:29 2003 # Created: Sun Oct 19 20:37:29 2003 # Enable network daemons for user convenience. # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. hostname="thegibsor.thebeatbox.org" sshd_enable="YES" usbd_enable="NO" start_vinum="YES" # set to YES to start vinum ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.3.8 netmask 255.255.255.0" defaultrouter="192.168.3.1" kern_securelevel="2" kern_securelevel_enable="NO" sendmail_enable="NO" nfs_server_enable="NO" inetd_enable="YES"
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