From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 15 00:11:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E72CB106566B for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:11:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from thebighonker.lerctr.org (thebighonker.lerctr.org [192.147.25.65]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D9B8FC0C for ; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:11:01 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lerami; d=lerctr.org; h=Received:Received:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Subject:From:To:Cc:User-Agent:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:Importance:X-Spam-Score:X-LERCTR-Spam-Score:X-Spam-Report:X-LERCTR-Spam-Report:DomainKey-Status; b=VoDzAMJUhd6jcoICUAezBV/UCxXcTxk4a4igx85ibf65oUQPVIRcdYBMaOdvXJi8t8s9e5J+YGU1Z4UDOqaT03R6w/I9XpJ5h6ByKx1pYP60oC+LliR7SIeY/1XaOIc/PcGi+gyHfVbN2hu88qpKwWKDk/SB6UD8C2wTASUfwcU=; Received: from localhost.lerctr.org ([127.0.0.1]:60797 helo=webmail.lerctr.org) by thebighonker.lerctr.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1N9Shm-00066P-Dd; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:10:59 -0600 Received: from 76.205.169.61 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ler) by webmail.lerctr.org with HTTP; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:10:58 -0600 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4AFF455A.90001@gsoft.com.au> References: <200910271902.19618.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20091027104316.dsp7kikkoogo80gw@www.goldsword.com> <200910281112.06300.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <493EE416-62CE-4EA4-81A7-8F802789D5DD@lassitu.de> <4AFF40B1.3040705@gsoft.com.au> <2aed0fc0af06c5fb17495e8925214ac7.squirrel@webmail.lerctr.org> <4AFF455A.90001@gsoft.com.au> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:10:58 -0600 From: "Larry Rosenman" To: "Daniel O'Connor" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.20-RC2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-LERCTR-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamScore (-4.3/5.0) ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599, SARE_SUB_OBFU_OTHER=0.135 X-LERCTR-Spam-Report: SpamScore (-4.3/5.0) ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599, SARE_SUB_OBFU_OTHER=0.135 DomainKey-Status: no signature Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Stefan Bethke Subject: Re: whats best pracfive for ZFS on a whole disc these days ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:11:02 -0000 On Sat, November 14, 2009 6:03 pm, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > Larry Rosenman wrote: >> NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM >> vault ONLINE 0 0 0 >> raidz1 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada1 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada2 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada3 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada4 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada5 ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada0s1f ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada0s1e ONLINE 0 0 0 >> ada0s1d ONLINE 0 0 0 >> >> errors: No known data errors >> # glabel label disk01 /dev/ada1 >> glabel: Can't store metadata on /dev/ada1: Operation not permitted. >> # >> >> Ideas? > > This is because glabel writes to the end of the disk (which is what it > uses to persist the label), if you haven't already labelled them it > can't add a one without destroying some data. > > I don't have this problem because I used GPT as a container and it has a > UUID for each partition made. That makes sense. I guess if I ever rebuild this one, I'll be better about it :) and, now that we have raidz boot, I'll just make the whole mess ZFS. :) LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893