Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 19:26:15 +0200 From: "Richard Kaestner" <richard.kaestner@ycn.com> To: "'Rakesh Malewar'" <rakesh_malewar@yahoo.co.in> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: problem configuring VINUM Message-ID: <C1F8152FC5A1D31196510000B4301486031044@saturn> In-Reply-To: <C1F8152FC5A1D31196510000B43014860B8851@saturn>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of
> Rakesh Malewar
> Sent: Mittwoch, 03. April 2002 15:23
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: problem configuring VINUM
>
>
> hi there,
> i am trying to configure my hard disk (IDE device)for
> vinum support. i am using 4.5 FreeBSD with the GENERIC
> kernel. when i do "disklabel -e /dev/ad0" using vi
> editor, it shows me the unused partition but when i
> try to change the type to 'vinum' ,it warns me that
> "disklabel: Operation not supported by device " and
> asks to re-edit the label and again the same error
> occurs. i am not able to figure out what is wrong. do
> i need to patch up the kernel with vinum support or
> load more packages for that.
> thanks.
> rit.
Rakesh,
maybe, you tried to edit "c:"?
this is explicitly stated in one of the documents regarding vinum.
type: ESDI
disk: ad1s1
label:
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 63
tracks/cylinder: 16
sectors/cylinder: 1008
cylinders: 29794
sectors/unit: 30033297
rpm: 3600
interleave: 1
trackskew: 0
cylinderskew: 0
headswitch: 0 # milliseconds
track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds
drivedata: 0
8 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
a: 409600 262144 4.2BSD 2048 16384 97 # (Cyl. 260*-
666*)
b: 262144 0 swap # (Cyl. 0 - 260*)
c: 30033297 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 -
29794*)
e: 29361553 671744 vinum # (Cyl. 666*-
29794*)
^^^^^
--
ciao -
Richard
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