Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:25:01 -0600 From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Subject: Re: "bsdlabel: Geom not found" when working with a new md device (disk backed) -- help Message-ID: <5B964FC3-3711-4B14-B427-B06834400234@shire.net> In-Reply-To: <43759975-DC53-4DDE-887A-8A7B234EA4C9@shire.net> References: <43759975-DC53-4DDE-887A-8A7B234EA4C9@shire.net>
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On Jun 13, 2005, at 11:28 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
> Hi
>
> Tonight I was trying to create a new disk backed /dev/md device to
> add some space to a jail for some sa-exim based greylisting tuple
> storage.
>
> I create the disk file using dd just fine. I then use
>
> /sbin/mdconfig -a -t vnode -f disk_file_storagel -u 2506
>
> and I do get a /dev device
>
> ls -al /dev/md250*
> crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 250 May 31 00:27 /dev/md2500
> crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 253 May 31 00:27 /dev/md2501
> crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 0x00010000 May 31 00:27 /dev/md2502
> crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 0x00010003 May 31 00:27 /dev/md2503
> crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 0x0001006e May 31 00:27 /dev/md2506
>
> For some reason the dev device flags are a lot different, but it
> does exist.
>
> I then go to label it using the example from the Handbook
>
> disklabel -r -w md2506 auto
> (bsdlabel)
>
> I then get
>
> bsdlabel: Geom not found
>
> I have no idea what it is talking about.
>
> This worked earlier today when I created a new jail and created a
> new file backed md device to house it.
>
> What is going on and what am I doing wrong?
some more info
geom knows about the md dev
Geom name: md2506
Providers:
1. Name: md2506
Mediasize: 1392508928 (1.3G)
Sectorsize: 512
Mode: r0w0e0
Actually, the one I did earlier today did not work either. I did it
as part of a script and did not notice the error message, which is
the same...
Is there a limit to the number of /dev/md devices I can have? I
have 106, 2 of which are not working with this bsdlabel problem. I
read the man pages for md and mdconfig and did not see any limits
listed.
Thanks in advance for any help on this.
best
Chad
>
> Thanks
> Chad
>
>
>
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