From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 19:38:28 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D8E816A4CE for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:38:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1AEA43D1D for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:38:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (pool-151-199-113-125.roa.east.verizon.net [151.199.113.125]) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0OJcQmf022673 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:38:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (localhost.Chelsea-Ct.Org [127.0.0.1]) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0OJcLJY065379 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:38:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: (from paul@localhost) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0OJcKfg065378; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:38:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org: paul set sender to paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu using -f From: Paul Mather To: "Michael L. Squires" In-Reply-To: <20050124140403.C42212@familysquires.net> References: <200501240911.31608.emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> <200501241944.13307.emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> <826E7D69-6E39-11D9-802F-000A9578CFCC@khera.org> <20050124140403.C42212@familysquires.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:38:20 -0500 Message-Id: <1106595500.65280.5.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Starting gvinum/vinum with RAID 5 and Compaq 39160 - 5.3-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:38:28 -0000 On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 14:29 -0500, Michael L. Squires wrote: > I've been playing with vinum and gvinum with a RAID-1 boot setup (now > abandoned, hardware RAID was $29 - SM P4DC6+ with Adaptec 2005S) and with > a RAID5 array using a Compaq version of the Adaptec 39160 card. > > I've found that only "geom_vinum_load="YES" works in order to get the RAID > 5 array mounted at boot time; "vinum_load" with or without > "vinum.autostart" doesn't work. (Doesn't work means that the boot fails > when /dev/vinum/raid can't be mounted as per /etc/fstab, and I have to > execute "vinum" before I can mount it while running single user after the > crash). > > I've seen one other message that "vinum_load" didn't work for one other > 5.3-R user, but I don't know if we both made the same mistake or if > something else is wrong. For 5.3-STABLE you should be using geom_vinum. That means having 'geom_vinum_load="YES"' in /boot/loader.conf; /dev/gvinum/raid... in /etc/fstab (in your case); and using gvinum for userland control, not vinum. The vinum /etc/rc.conf knobs are not applicable to geom_vinum. Mixing vinum and gvinum is not recommended. If you just want a RAID-1 boot setup, you might consider geom_mirror instead. Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent Zappa