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On 1/8/07, Fernan Aguero <fernan.aguero@gmail.com> wrote:

> >         # gmirror stop <name of the mirror on adXs3>
> >         # gmirror clear adXs3
>
> I can't stop the gm0 mirror now, cause the root partition is mounted
> from it now.

But although it doesn't have adXs3 listed as a consumer, I can *see*
(verb missing in my previous post) why perhaps
> the fact that gmirror is loaded and running might be preventing operations that
> alter metadata (the old gmirror device was also named gm0 ... is this stored in
> the metadata and checked?)

And no, I didn't specify that providers info should be hardcoded into
the metadata
(AFAIK, at least).


-- 
Fernan Aguero