Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:18:28 +0100 From: Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Vinum (Again) Message-ID: <1114204707.4379.7.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050422201144.A12C743D31@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20050422201144.A12C743D31@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 21:11, Timothy Radigan wrote: > Hi all, > > Ok, I'm still having trouble with vinum, I got it to load at start, but the > vinum.autostart="YES" in /boot/loader.conf returns a "vinum: no drives > found" message. > > I had the mirrored set up and running before the reboot and the file system > was mounted and everything, I even made sure to issue a "saveconfig" in > vinum to make sure the configuration was written to the drives. > > There is no mention of anything else in the Handbook or in the Complete > FreeBSD chapter on Vinum that describes how to get the configured drives > loaded at boot up. Am I missing something? > > Here is my /etc/vinum.conf: > > drive a device /dev/ad1 > drive b device /dev/ad2 > volume mirror > plex org concat > sd length 38146m drive a > plex org concat > sd length 38146m drive b Timothy, Not sure if this helps but there is a note in the handbook errata: (31 Oct 2004, updated on 12 Nov 2004) The vinum(4) subsystem works on 5.3, but it can cause a system panic at boot time. As a workaround you can add vinum_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf. As an alternative you can also use the new geom(4)-based vinum(4) subsystem. To activate the geom(4)-aware vinum at boot time, add geom_vinum_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf and remove start_vinum="YES" in /etc/rc.conf if it exists. While some uncommon configurations, such as multiple vinum drives on a disk, are not supported, it is generally backward compatible. Note that for the geom(4)-aware vinum, its new userland control program, gvinum, should be used, and it is not yet feature-complete. Mind you, I had a similar problem to you and failed to get it to work. Rob
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