Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:19:17 +0100 From: Ryan Hunt <ryan@ryanhunt.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Geom Vinum backwards compatible? Message-ID: <F50146F6-1CF8-11D9-9FED-000A95D35E66@ryanhunt.net> In-Reply-To: <20041013071207.GL98575@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <200410121602.i9CG2kOr082691@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <C2F151EC-1CE5-11D9-9FED-000A95D35E66@ryanhunt.net> <20041013071207.GL98575@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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But will this destroy the data on the 'drives'? I want to be able to resize the disks on the fly.. (using growfs once I've added an additional plex) On 13 Oct 2004, at 08:12, Stijn Hoop wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 08:01:52AM +0100, Ryan Hunt wrote: >> I'm trying to get vinum (geom) happening in BETA7, but I'm finding >> that 'resetconfig' it not available yet (among other commands).. > > As a workaround, you maybe you can obliterate the previous > configuration by > dd'ing /dev/zero to the first 257 sectors of the relevant vinum > 'drives'. I'd > do this without geom_vinum loaded though. > > No idea as to your other answers; I'm still not sure whether I'm > experiencing > data corruption on a concat volume due to geom_vinum but I don't have > the time > to debug this. My home machine has a complete gvinum mirror setup (no > concat) > and I've had absolutely 0 problems with it. It's running 5.3-BETA5. > > --Stijn > > -- > Coughlin's law: never tell tales about a woman no matter how far away > she > is, she'll always hear you. > -- Cocktail
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