From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 14 01:12:48 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E95816A41F for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:12:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from outbound0.sv.meer.net (outbound0.sv.meer.net [205.217.152.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D23B43D67 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:12:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (mail.meer.net [209.157.152.14]) by outbound0.sv.meer.net (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k0E1B023094882 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:12:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: from mail.meer.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.meer.net (8.13.3/8.13.3/meer) with ESMTP id k0E1AkdU040544 for ; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:10:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett@mail.meer.net) Received: (from jrhett@localhost) by mail.meer.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) id k0E1AkXG040543 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:10:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrhett) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:10:46 -0800 From: Jo Rhett To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20060114011046.GB38113@svcolo.com> References: <20060112063340.GA84964@svcolo.com> <20060112081432.GK84964@svcolo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060112081432.GK84964@svcolo.com> Organization: svcolo.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Subject: Re: gvinum in 6.0-rel -- how to attach plexes? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:12:48 -0000 On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 12:14:32AM -0800, Jo Rhett wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 09:50:17AM +0300, Michael Lednev wrote: > > throw gvinum away asap and use something different (gmirror/ata raid) > > > > seriously, you can try to delete all disks, volumes and plexes and then > > recreate them with gvinum create - that worked for me > > I need the data. Obviously vinum is apparently useless for bare metal > recovery, so I won't use it again. But I need the data from these drives. Any answers on this? If Vinum will not survive an upgrade and this data is impossible to recover, then this REALLY MUST BE DOCUMENTED. What a pathetically useless piece of shit. Reliability my ass. -- Jo Rhett senior geek SVcolo : Silicon Valley Colocation