Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:45:41 -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: <20031219184541.GB32038@yoda.anything-inc.com> In-Reply-To: <20031219183734.GA32038@yoda.anything-inc.com> References: <1071851660.3fe3288c7e0b7@webmail.dds.nl> <20031219183734.GA32038@yoda.anything-inc.com>
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2003, Bob Collins wrote:
> 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
[snippage]
> > 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
^^^^^^^
That should be disklabel -e ad2
Bob
typing too fast...
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