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Date:      Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:25:51 +0100
From:      "Tomas Palfi" <tpalfi@phoenixmedical.co.uk>
To:        <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   vinum volume manager
Message-ID:  <119D03CDAA26274786799627855EC43D67F53A@indy.enzo.phoenixmedical.co.uk>

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Hi=20All,

I=20have=20used=20the=20following=20message=20as=20a=20template,=20I=20hav=
e=20exactly=20the=20same
problem=20with=20vinum,=20and=20wonder=20if=20someone=20knows=20the=20solu=
tion=20to=20it.=20

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=20
I've=20been=20trying=20to=20get=20a=20bootstrapped=20vinum=20volume=20up=20=
and=20running=20on=20a
5.4
release=20system=20(generic=20kernel,=20minimal=20install),=20based=20this=
=20How-to:
http://devel.reinikainen.net/docs/how-to/Vinum/
But=20I've=20managed=20to=20run=20into=20a=20problem=20that=20no=20amount=20=
of=20Googling,
reading
the=20archive=20of=20this=20list,=20or=20reading=20the=20manual=20seems=20=
help=20me=20get=20by.
Basically,=20I=20have=20Vinum=20configured=20fine=20and=20can=20successful=
ly=20run:
=20
vinum=20>=20create=20-f=20/etc/vinum.conf
=20
The=20Vinum=20volume=20is=20all=20fine=20and=20a=20vinum=20>=20list=20show=
s=20no=20problems.=20=20I
can
also=20successfully=20do=20a=20fsck=20on=20each=20of=20the=20mounts.
=20
However,=20it=20appears=20that=20the=20vinum=20config=20isn't=20being=20sa=
ved,=20as
rebooting
the=20machine=20can't=20find=20the=20vinum=20root=20partition,=20and=20aft=
er=20manually
booting
to=20the=20pre-vinum=20root=20(ufs:ad0s1a)=20running=20vinum=20>=20list=20=
shows=20no=20volume
information.
=20
During=20the=20reboot,=20vinum=20appears=20to=20load=20ok,=20but=20it=20ca=
n't=20find=20the=20root
(as
shown=20by=20the=20last=20bit=20of=20the=20dmesg):
=20
vinum:=20loaded
vinum:=20no=20drives=20found
Mounting=20root=20from=20ufs:/dev/vinum/root
setrootbyname=20failed
ffs_mountroot:=20can't=20find=20rootvp
Root=20mount=20failed:=206
=20
The=20relevant=20config=20files=20look=20like=20this:
=20
/etc/fstab
=20
/boot/loader.conf
=20
vinum_load=3D"YES"
vinum.autostart=3D"YES"

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I=20know=20that=20David=20Kelly=20attempted=20to=20rectify=20the=20problem=
=20gvinum,
however,=20does=20the=20problem=20still=20persists=20with=20vinum?
=20
Many=20thanks

Tomas

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