Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 10:50:34 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Zachary M. Smith" <zach@unsecure.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: IBM DNES-309170 LVD Problems Message-ID: <19991229105034.S1316@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912262214500.969-100000@ns1.nserver.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912262214500.969-100000@ns1.nserver.net>
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[moved to -questions; this isn't SCSI material] On Sunday, 26 December 1999 at 22:51:31 -0500, Zachary M. Smith wrote: > I just purchased three IBM DNES-309170 drives and planned on using Vinum > to configure them in a RAID 0 and/or 5 setup. I have read a bit a vinum > and now I am trying to get the drives ready to be used in a few simple > vinum tests. however, i am running into some problems that i am hoping > you folks can help me with. > > 1. I can create FDISK partitions on the disk just fine. Once I get an > FDISK partition setup, I try to use disklabel to change the partition type > to vinum, but when i try to write the changes to the label, disklabel > tells me "operation not supported by device" From what you show below, you're running disklabel against /dev/da0. This is not correct; you should run it against the raw complete partition /dev/rda0c. The distinction between /dev/da0c and /dev/rda0c will go away in 4.0, but the distinction between /dev/da0c and /dev/da0 remains important. disklabel gives you a shorthand way to do this: 'disklabel da0'. > 2. I have also tried to create slices in my FDISK partition just to test > the drive, but I am unable to create slices. I get the error > "Device rda0s1c: name slot allocation failed (Errno=17)" I haven't seen this one. It's probably a result of earlier errors. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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