Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:43:27 +0200 From: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, axel.gruner@suedfactoring.de Cc: Chris Elsworth <chris@shagged.org> Subject: Re: RAID1 with gmirror Message-ID: <200410111043.34062.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20041011083928.GA2440@pcs28.suedfactoring.de> References: <20041010110159.GA91160@pcs28.suedfactoring.de> <200410110026.03777.4711@chello.at> <20041011083928.GA2440@pcs28.suedfactoring.de>
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--nextPart14071023.CT4XvDcmZi Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Montag, 11. Oktober 2004 10:39 schrieb Axel S. Gruner: > Hi. > > Christian Hiris schrieb am Monday, den 11. October 2004: > > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 03:22:28PM +0200, Christian Hiris wrote: > > > > # gmirror configure -v -b load mirror0 ad0 > > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^ > > > label? > > > > Yes, that should read "label" - sorry! > > I tried it with "label" in single user mode, but i do not get it work. > The error message is: "too few paramaters". > > > An example in 'man gmirror' describes how to set up a gmirror array on a > > disk with valid data. It uses 'gmirror lable' w/o extra labeling. I > > understand it the way that the term 'valid data' means 'existing > > (non-gmirror-)data on an already (before-gmirror-)labeled disk'. Maybe = my > > understanding is wrong and you gave me the hint to the reason why my > > mirrors break on startup. I will do some testing on this. > > I also understand it that way. The problem is, or seems to be, "gmirror > label -v -b load mirror0 da0" does not work for me on a mounted device. You can set kern.geom.debugflags to 16. Then the command should succeed but= no=20 guarantee that you shoot yourself into the foot! =2DHarry > If i use another disk, da2 and da3, umount them, gmirror labeling will > work. > So, in my understanding, i have to boot from another bootable device, > and set up gmirror on da0 (where / is sitting an waiting to get > mirrored) and da1 while these devices are not mounted. > > Axel > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --nextPart14071023.CT4XvDcmZi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBake1Bylq0S4AzzwRAh2VAJ92yWcggFxvNaIQclJ2eNmkf1eEegCfaN8r 8487ahQZsMOwSUZ/OMR460Q= =yG1n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart14071023.CT4XvDcmZi--
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