Greg Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
} On Sunday, 1 July 2001 at 14:22:36 -0500, Patrick Hartling wrote:
} > Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
} >
} >> * Patrick Hartling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010630 14:04] wrote:
} >>> I just got two new hard drives, and I am preparing to set them up to do
} >>> RAID-1 with Vinum. A few weeks ago (around the time that use of DEVFS
} >>> became the default in -current), I saw a message saying that Vinum was
} >>> not yet ready for use with DEVFS. Is that still the case?
} >>
} >> I fixed that. :) Let me and Grog know if you have problems.
} >
} > Everything seems to be okay with the vinum device node creation, but I
} > am having problems with my vinum configuration. I basically copied this
} > from an example in the online documentation (which is also in the
} > vinum(8) manpage);
} >
} > drive da3e device /dev/da3s1e
} > drive da4e device /dev/da4s1e
} > volume mirror
} > plex org concat
} > sd length 12g drive da3e
} > plex org concat
} > sd length 12g drive da4e
} >
} > When I do 'vinum create', I get the following:
} >
} > 1: drive da3e device /dev/da3s1e
} > ** 1 : Invalid argument
} > 2: drive da4e device /dev/da4s1e
} > ** 2 : Invalid argument
} > 3: volume mirror
} > 4: plex org concat
} > 5: sd length 12g drive da3e
} > 6: plex org concat
} > 7: sd length 12g drive da4e
} >
} > Which one is the invalid argument,
}
} The name of the partition.
}
} > and why is it invalid?
}
} I can't say for sure, since you don't supply the info asked for in the
} man page and the web page.
Sorry, I'll be sure to include everything next time.
} But I'd be prepared to bet that your
} da3s1e and da4s1e partitions are not of type Vinum. Look for
} 'disklabel' in the man page.
That was it, thanks. I must have missed that point in reading the web
pages yesterday (which are very helpful and readable, btw).
} BTW, it's bad practice to name your drives after the partition on
} which they are currently resident. You can take those two drives and
} swap their SCSI IDs. Vinum will still find them and operate
} correctly, but your da3s1e partition will be drive da4e, and da4s1e
} will be drive da3e, which is completely confusing.
Thanks for the tip.
-Patrick
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