Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:37:34 -0500 From: Bob Collins <bobc@anything-inc.com> To: Marc Smits <msmits@dds.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vinum error "Can't initialize drive a: Invalid argument" Message-ID: <20031219183734.GA32038@yoda.anything-inc.com> In-Reply-To: <1071851660.3fe3288c7e0b7@webmail.dds.nl> References: <1071851660.3fe3288c7e0b7@webmail.dds.nl>
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2003, Marc Smits wrote: > Hello, > > I am running FreeBSD-4.7-realease and want to create a striped plex from > 2 new 80Gb disks. > > Here's my vinum-description: > drive a device /dev/ad2s1e > drive b device /dev/ad3s1e > volume stripe0 > plex org striped 256k > sd length 78159m drive a > sd length 78159m drive b > > When I run 'vinum create vinum.conf' The message I get is: > 1: drive a device /dev/ad2s1e > ** 1 Can't initialize drive a: Invalid argument > 2: drive b device /dev/ad3s1e > ** 2 Can't initialize drive b: Invalid argument > 0 drives: > 1 volumes: > V stripe0 State: down Plexes: 1 Size: > 152GB > > 1 plexes: > P stripe0.p0 S State: faulty Subdisks: 2 Size: > 152GB > > 2 subdisks: > S stripe0.p0.s0 State: crashed PO: 0 B Size: > 76GB > S stripe0.p0.s1 State: crashed PO: 256 kB Size: > 76GB > > I used sysinstall to fdisk and label the partitions. > > What do need to do diffrent to get vinum to use the partitions? Did you disklabel the slices to be of type vinum? I had a similar trouble due to the fact I had labeled the disks as BSD4.0 or some such. Once you have the disks labeled, you have to disklabel -d ad2 I think and change the label to `vinum' without the single quotes. Also, do you have a mount point /a and /b ? -- Bob
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