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Date:      Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:44:45 +0100
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-geom@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 'gmirror clear' error
Message-ID:  <hlkfss$l82$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002171027110.11144@mail.pil.net>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1002171027110.11144@mail.pil.net>

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James Smallacombe wrote:

> "Can't clear metadata on /dev/ad0: Invalid argument. Not fully done."  
> On both /dev/ad0 and /dev/ad2.

> However, I am concerned about old meta data causing problems. The wiki 
> states:

The most common reason g_metadata_clear() can fail if the old metadata 
is not there - if you cleared it already.

There is of course a sure way to do this yourself if you don't trust 
gmirror - overwrite the last sector on the device from /dev/zero.




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