Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:08:14 -0700 From: "Mike Maltese" <mike@pcmedx.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "RWELLS@THEBEATBOX.ORG" <rwells@thebeatbox.org> Subject: Re: vinum concatenated raid setup problems Message-ID: <001201c399ec$d40e89c0$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> References: <PDEILHPKMOIPFPKCGAPBKEGHCMAA.rwells@thebeatbox.org>
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> The problems: > 1 - I am able to build the RAID, create a filesystem, and mount to a > directory in the tree. But I am not able to figure out how to add an > entry to my /etc/fstab file so that it is automatically mounted on > reboot. I have looked in the handbook and all it says is to "add the > proper entries". I simple do not know what entry to add. Should be something like: /dev/vinum/yourvolume /mountpoint ufs rw 1 2 > 2 - On reboot, the vinum config is erased. (or at least thats what it > looks like...see dmesg output for info) It is my understanding that on > reboot, vinum reads it's configuration from each vinum drive. Since I > was able to create and mount the RAID, I assume that the configuration > would still be there on reboot, even thought it is not being mounted > with fstab (see problem 1). I have tried this on several systems and > have yet to be successful in having a vinum config survive reboot. I > have re-read and re-read the vinum section in the handbook and have > looked elsewhere but have had no luck :( Have you tried 'start_vinum="YES"' in /etc/rc.conf?
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