On Wednesday, 23 June 1999 at 7:33:35 +0200, Thierry Herbelot wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote:
>>
>
> [SNIP]
>
>> I've also changed the names of the drives. With the old ones, you
>> won't be able to start the volume after a reboot. To quote vinum(8):
>>
>> drive name option
>>
>> Define a drive. The option must be:
>>
>> device devicename Specify the device on which the drive resides.
>> devicename must be the name of a disk compati-
>> bility partition, for example /dev/da1e or
>> /dev/wd3h, and it should be of type vinum. Do
>> not use the c partition, which is reserved for
>> the complete disk, and should be of type
>> unused. It is currently possible to create
>> drives on other disk devices, for example
>> /dev/da0s1 or /dev/da0s1e, but it will not be
>> possible to start these drives after a reboot.
>
> Hello Greg,
>
> If I may intrude in this discussion, I was wondering what is the correct
> syntax for naming vinum drives in rc.conf.
> I've got two drives merged and striped with vinum, but I'm not sure what
> to put in rc.conf
> vinum_conf :
> drive drive1 device /dev/wd1s1h
> drive drive2 device /dev/wd2s1h
As the man page excerpt that you quoted above shows, this is wrong.
It should be /dev/wd1h and /dev/wd2h.
> volume initial
> plex org striped 512b
> sd length 19806208b drive drive1
> sd length 19806208b drive drive2
>
> in rc.conf :
> Is the following correct :
> vinum_drives="/dev/wd1s1h /dev/wd2s1h"
> or should it be
> vinum_drives="/dev/wd1h /dev/wd2h"
In fact, it should be
vinum_drives=""
start_vinum=YES
That way, vinum will start all drives.
> Big kudos for vinum
Thanks.
Greg
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