On Sunday, 31 October 2004 at 14:03:18 +0100, FreeBSD questions mailing list wrote: > > On 31 okt 2004, at 07:41, matt virus wrote: > >> matt virus wrote: >>> Hi all! >>> I have (8) maxtor 160gb drives I plan on constructing a vinum raid5 >>> array with. >>> the devices are: >>> ad4....ad11 >>> All drives have been fdisk'd and such, >>> ad4s1d.....ad11s1d >>> The first step of setting up vinum is changing the disklabel >>> disklabel -e /dev/ad4 >>> The disk label says it has 8 partitions, but only the A and C >>> partitions are shown... >>> **********MY DISKLABEL******** >>> # /dev/ad4: >>> 8 partitions: >>> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] >>> a: 320173040 16 unused 0 0 >>> c: 320173056 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit >>> ****************************** >
> c: is not a valid disk label. You need to create one first. See the > example below first: there's an "e" label. You can do this in > sysinstall: Configure / Label / ad4 and then C to create one. Once > that's done it'll show up in disklabel as you write below. Then in > disklabel you can change the 4.2BSD to vinum. You should also not use 'c' for Vinum. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers.
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