From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 1 16:16:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53FA337B401 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:16:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from morpheus.mind.net (morpheus.mind.net [69.9.130.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99F5043FA3 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:16:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfox@morpheus.mind.net) Received: from morpheus.mind.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by morpheus.mind.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h320GcMf006513 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:16:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfox@morpheus.mind.net) Received: (from jfox@localhost) by morpheus.mind.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h320GcWm006512 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:16:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:16:38 -0800 From: John Fox To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030402001638.GD307@mind.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Beautiful-Thought: No more stinky HTML emails! Subject: Question about vinum and contents of /dev/vinum X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 00:16:39 -0000 I am copying files over the network -- from a failing drive in production box to a new drive in my workstation, with the intent of swapping these drives. I have been testing transfers with tar, and ran into some problems when it (tar) hit the '/dev/vinum' hierarchy: tar: dev/vinum/plex/virtdisk_plex: minor number too large; not dumped tar: dev/vinum/sd/drive0: minor number too large; not dumped tar: dev/vinum/sd/drive1: minor number too large; not dumped tar: dev/vinum/vol/virtdisk.plex/virtdisk_plex: minor number too large; not dumped tar: dev/vinum/Control: minor number too large; not dumped tar: dev/vinum/control: minor number too large; not dumped tar: dev/vinum/controld: minor number too large; not dumped tar: dev/sa0.ctl: minor number too large; not dumped My question is this: When vinum starts up and can't find some of these device files, will it crash and burn, or will it simply create them? Thanks in advance for any help, John +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "I can't believe I'm back on Mars. Three times before this place almost | | killed me. I swore I would never give it another chance to complete | | the job. Humans got no business being here. No business at all." | | -- Michael Garibaldi, _Babylon 5_, "The Exercise of Vital Powers | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | John Fox | System Administrator | Internet Ventures Oregon | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+