Xavier Mertens writes: > Hi, > > I'm busy to set up a box with 2 x 80GB disks in RAID1. > I'm following the procedures found online but, once the RAID is initialized, > I got the follow error while trying to partition it: > > Write new label?: [y] > disklabel: ioctl DIOCWDINFO: No space left on device > disklabel: unable to write label > > The RAID is up, consistant: > > # raidctl -s raid0 > raid0 Components: > /dev/wd0d: optimal > /dev/wd1d: optimal > No spares. > Parity status: clean > Reconstruction is 100% complete. > Parity Re-write is 100% complete. > Copyback is 100% complete. > > disklabel report the following: > > # disklabel -E raid0 > disklabel: Can't get bios geometry: Device not configured > > > > Initial label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt) > > p > device: /dev/rraid0c > type: RAID > disk: raid > label: fictitious > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 128 > tracks/cylinder: 8 > sectors/cylinder: 1024 > cylinders: 156417 > total sectors: 160171392 > free sectors: 160171392 > rpm: 3600 > > > > 16 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > a: 435841403 1416925149 unused 0 0 # Cyl 1383715*-180 > 9342* > c: 160171392 0 unused 0 0 # Cyl 0 -15641 > 7*
435841403 + 1416925149 = 1852766552 which is greater than 160171392 by 1692595160. If you fix the offset of 'a', I suspect things will be happier. Later... Greg Oster
