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Date:      Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:24:25 -0500
From:      "firmdog@gmail.com" <firmdog@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ad0: WARNING - removed from configuration (atacontrol and gmirror relationship?)
Message-ID:  <fa1676af0711271824nf33e5dch8a29dcbb35f5b613@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200711271803.23264.josh@tcbug.org>
References:  <fa1676af0711271108o2bc1744apf1003bd1c637234c@mail.gmail.com> <200711271803.23264.josh@tcbug.org>

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On Nov 27, 2007 7:03 PM, Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday 27 November 2007 01:08:49 pm firmdog@gmail.com wrote:
> > Why was the device removed completely?
> >
> >
> > Can I simply do this?  (want to be sure as this box is remote)
> >
> > gmirror forget data
> >
> > atacontrol attach ata0
> >
> > gmirror insert data ad0
>
> IDE devices generally aren't hot swappable, so you're going to have to
> take
> the box down to replace the failed drive (that's why it detached from the
> bus).  Once you do that you can rebuild the gmirror.
>


I don't want to hot swap...I want to get the existing bad drive back into
the mirror and see how long it lasts before gmirror breaks again.

Can I use atacontrol to get the drive back in the system?

Thanks,
Andy



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