From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 03:48:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDB3116A419 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:48:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97FA313C45A for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:48:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so3100582pyb for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:48:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=RQTTj5Iecux9fsZH8Ekfb5eCnr+VhN2Y6EHOpRI4nbo=; b=ixPnC1FoEIZU/dl8xvZX9YFtPiDn/aN1BlCwGQnAKbYlBPKFGSSbPHdgmvWIWdEZEAcBqUGQx1+JYIUY1QYeKC7pUVIaVTYpDowGinGuj8NKK0j5l3Bn1NCK5uxR3ON7QFsgEOnp4fngOOkn3y/97ufhEe2aR8S+vmkHH/b5Mig= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; b=FzSnG4HNFEa4X3p/tuTBfY43Wu9qbruDSGQyLxVAHUs4dwbxSxa4PauNvFpPCST86dZDYSluBKvn6DaQL0SQKk8B8Ss//icrpB3mBPWsctRBHQaSRXg1gJzVuxQ9FRhS0E2gFpjBt4KqJgJPWELgzH7F39sSxftDlOdVGTD+GMM= Received: by 10.35.62.19 with SMTP id p19mr5607875pyk.1196221689639; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:48:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.200? ( [209.240.66.157]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f6sm1917909pyh.2007.11.27.19.48.08 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:48:08 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3DEDBF29-E158-4355-867E-ABB31591667B@gmail.com> From: Eric Crist To: "firmdog@gmail.com" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:48:07 -0600 References: <200711271803.23264.josh@tcbug.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ad0: WARNING - removed from configuration (atacontrol and gmirror relationship?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:48:10 -0000 On Nov 27, 2007, at 8:24 PM, firmdog@gmail.com wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007 7:03 PM, Josh Paetzel 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 You can, only if the two drives are on different channels. If you have ad0 and ad1, you're probably out of luck. ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks