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Date:      Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:46:38 -0800
From:      Octavian Hornoiu <octavian@hacknslash.org>
Cc:        freebsd-geom@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gmirror cannot update metadata on disk da0s1
Message-ID:  <423A16DE.1080101@hacknslash.org>
In-Reply-To: <423940C4.6010807@zepeda.ws>
References:  <4236A8F3.8090105@hacknslash.org> <42375BB2.2080903@zepeda.ws> <423940C4.6010807@zepeda.ws>

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Upgrading to 5-STABLE fixed the problem immediately.  Thank you all for
the fast feedback!  :)

octavian hornoiu


Daniel P. Zepeda wrote:
> Here's a link on osnews detailing my experience:
> 
> http://www.osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=9378
> 
> Daniel P. Zepeda wrote:
> 
>> What worked for me was the whole disk approach, not on-a-slice,
>> ensured that 'swapoff="YES" was in /etc/rc.conf, changed the reboot
>> and halt commands to shell scripts to ensure I always use 'shutdown
>> -<h|r> when rebooting, and the final nugget was to add:
>>
>> kern.geom.mirror.timeout=0
>>
>> to /boot/loader.conf
>>
>> I think that was all, if I remember anything else, I'll let you know.
>> Hope it helps.
>>
>> DZ
>>
>> Octavian Hornoiu wrote:
>>
>>> I have followed the instructions as per the document at
>>> http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ to setup my geom mirror using
>>> FreeBSD 5.3-p5 and two 70 gig SCSI maxtor drives of identical size.  I
>>> have tried both the whole partition gm0 and single slice gm0s1
>>> alternatives to mirroring the drives and I have tried both hardcoding
>>> and without hardcoding and I still get cannot update metadata or cannot
>>> read metadata or cannot write metadata.  The drive with metadata
>>> problems will change depending with the setup so sometimes da0 works
>>> fine and da1 is broken or vice versa.  There does not seem to be a
>>> pattern to this.  I have worked with vinum many times before and I'm not
>>> inexperience but I have reached the end of the road with gmirror.  I've
>>> tried 8 times to mirror these disks now with different configurations
>>> and I've failed every time.  I have even alternated the sizes of the
>>> slices and left room at the end of the drive, at the beginning of the
>>> drive, etc.  Here are the appropriate informational dumps:
>>>
>>> Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project.
>>> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>>>        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
>>> FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p5 #0: Wed Feb 23 16:19:57 PST 2005
>>>    root@capone.bellevuechristian.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CAPONE
>>> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
>>> CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (2793.19-MHz 686-class CPU)
>>>  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf41  Stepping = 1
>>>
>>> Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
>>>
>>>  Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs
>>> real memory  = 2147221504 (2047 MB)
>>> avail memory = 2095755264 (1998 MB)
>>> ACPI APIC Table: <DELL   PE BKC  >
>>> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
>>> cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
>>> cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
>>> cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  6
>>> cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  7
>>> ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 8
>>> ioapic1: Changing APIC ID to 9
>>> ioapic1: WARNING: intbase 32 != expected base 24
>>> ioapic2: Changing APIC ID to 10
>>> ioapic2: WARNING: intbase 64 != expected base 56
>>> ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
>>> ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 32-55 on motherboard
>>> ioapic2 <Version 2.0> irqs 64-87 on motherboard
>>> netsmb_dev: loaded
>>> npx0: [FAST]
>>> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
>>> npx0: INT 16 interface
>>> acpi0: <DELL PE BKC> on motherboard
>>> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
>>> Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
>>> acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
>>> cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
>>> cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
>>> cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
>>> cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
>>> pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
>>> pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
>>> pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0
>>> pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
>>> pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci1
>>> pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
>>> pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci1
>>> pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
>>> mpt0: <LSILogic 1030 Ultra4 Adapter> port 0xec00-0xecff mem
>>> 0xdfde0000-0xdfdeffff,0xdfdf0000-0xdfdfffff irq 34 at device 5.0 on pci3
>>> mpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>>> em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.35> port
>>> 0xe8c0-0xe8ff mem 0xdfdc0000-0xdfddffff irq 39 at device 12.0 on pci3
>>> em0: Ethernet address: 00:0e:0c:69:3a:44
>>> em0:  Speed:N/A  Duplex:N/A
>>> pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
>>> pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
>>> pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 5.0 on pci0
>>> pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
>>> pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.0 on pci5
>>> pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
>>> em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.35> port
>>> 0xdcc0-0xdcff mem 0xdfae0000-0xdfafffff irq 64 at device 7.0 on pci6
>>> em1: Ethernet address: 00:11:43:d7:64:2e
>>> em1:  Speed:N/A  Duplex:N/A
>>> pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.2 on pci5
>>> pci7: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib7
>>> em2: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.35> port
>>> 0xccc0-0xccff mem 0xdf8e0000-0xdf8fffff irq 65 at device 8.0 on pci7
>>> em2: Ethernet address: 00:11:43:d7:64:2f
>>> em2:  Speed:N/A  Duplex:N/A
>>> pcib8: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0
>>> pci8: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib8
>>> uhci0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> port 0xace0-0xacff
>>> irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0
>>> uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>>> usb0: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
>>> usb0: USB revision 1.0
>>> uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>>> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>>> uhci1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> port 0xacc0-0xacdf
>>> irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
>>> uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>>> usb1: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
>>> usb1: USB revision 1.0
>>> uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>>> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>>> uhub2: Dell product 0xa001, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2
>>> uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>>> uhci2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> port 0xaca0-0xacbf
>>> irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
>>> uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>>> usb2: <Intel 82801EB (ICH5) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
>>> usb2: USB revision 1.0
>>> uhub3: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
>>> uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
>>> ums0: Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM), rev
>>> 1.10/3.00, addr 2, iclass 3/1
>>> ums0: 5 buttons and Z dir.
>>> pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 29.7 (no driver attached)
>>> pcib9: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
>>> pci9: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib9
>>> pci9: <display, VGA> at device 13.0 (no driver attached)
>>> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
>>> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
>>> atapci0: <Intel ICH5 UDMA100 controller> port
>>> 0xfc00-0xfc0f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 31.1 on pci0
>>> ata0: channel #0 on atapci0
>>> ata1: channel #1 on atapci0
>>> fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on
>>> acpi0
>>> fdc0: [FAST]
>>> fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
>>> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
>>> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
>>> kbd0 at atkbd0
>>> atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>>> sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on
>>> acpi0
>>> sio0: type 16550A
>>> orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem
>>> 0xec000-0xeffff,0xcb000-0xcefff,0xc0000-0xcafff on isa0
>>> pmtimer0 on isa0
>>> ppc0: parallel port not found.
>>> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
>>> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
>>> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
>>> sio1: port may not be enabled
>>> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on
>>> isa0
>>> Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
>>> acd0: CDROM <TEAC CD-ROM CD-224E/K.9A> at ata0-master UDMA33
>>> Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
>>> ses0 at mpt0 bus 0 target 6 lun 0
>>> ses0: <PE/PV 1x2 SCSI BP 1.0> Fixed Processor SCSI-2 device
>>> ses0: 3.300MB/s transfers
>>> ses0: SAF-TE Compliant Device
>>> da0 at mpt0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
>>> da0: <MAXTOR ATLAS10K5_73SCA JNZ6> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
>>> da0: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit), Tagged
>>> Queueing Enabled
>>> da0: 70007MB (143374650 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 8924C)
>>> da1 at mpt0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
>>> da1: <MAXTOR ATLAS10K5_73SCA JNZ6> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
>>> da1: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit), Tagged
>>> Queueing Enabled
>>> da1: 70007MB (143374650 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 8924C)
>>> GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1 created (id=1445021139).
>>> GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider da0s1 detected.
>>> GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider da1s1 detected.
>>> GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider da1s1 activated.
>>> GEOM_MIRROR: Cannot update metadata on disk da0s1 (error=1).
>>> GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider da0s1 activated.
>>> GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider mirror/gm0s1 launched.
>>> GEOM_MIRROR: Cannot update metadata on disk da0s1 (error=1).
>>> GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider da0s1 disconnected.
>>> SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
>>> SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
>>> SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
>>> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/mirror/gm0s1a
>>> em0: Link is up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
>>>
>>>
>>> Metadata on /dev/da1s1:
>>>     magic: GEOM::MIRROR
>>>   version: 1
>>>      name: gm0s1
>>>       mid: 1445021139
>>>       did: 4266048836
>>>       all: 2
>>>    syncid: 3
>>>  priority: 0
>>>     slice: 4096
>>>   balance: round-robin
>>> mediasize: 73402365952
>>> sectorsize: 512
>>> syncoffset: 0
>>>    mflags: NONE
>>>    dflags: DIRTY
>>> hcprovider: da1s1
>>>  MD5 hash: c082817f594eb795a95ebb547bb20f71
>>>
>>>
>>> Metadata on /dev/da0s1:
>>>     magic: GEOM::MIRROR
>>>   version: 1
>>>      name: gm0s1
>>>       mid: 1445021139
>>>       did: 1764218562
>>>       all: 2
>>>    syncid: 3
>>>  priority: 0
>>>     slice: 4096
>>>   balance: round-robin
>>> mediasize: 73402365952
>>> sectorsize: 512
>>> syncoffset: 22164275200
>>>    mflags: NONE
>>>    dflags: DIRTY SYNCHRONIZING
>>> hcprovider: da0s1
>>>  MD5 hash: 74f4f6b2cc14a5624539431c455cab81
>>>
>>>
>>> Geom name: gm0s1
>>> State: DEGRADED
>>> Components: 2
>>> Balance: round-robin
>>> Slice: 4096
>>> Flags: NONE
>>> SyncID: 5
>>> ID: 1445021139
>>> Providers:
>>> 1. Name: mirror/gm0s1
>>>   Mediasize: 73402365952 (68G)
>>>   Sectorsize: 512
>>>   Mode: r6w6e1
>>> Consumers:
>>> 1. Name: da1s1
>>>   Mediasize: 73402366464 (68G)
>>>   Sectorsize: 512
>>>   Mode: r6w6e2
>>>   State: ACTIVE
>>>   Priority: 0
>>>   Flags: DIRTY, HARDCODED
>>>   SyncID: 5
>>>   ID: 4266048836
>>>
>>> Geom name: gm0s1.sync
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ******* Working on device /dev/da1 *******
>>> parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
>>> cylinders=8924 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl)
>>>
>>> Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
>>> parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
>>> cylinders=8924 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl)
>>>
>>> Media sector size is 512
>>> Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
>>> Information from DOS bootblock is:
>>> The data for partition 1 is:
>>> sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
>>>    start 63, size 143363997 (70001 Meg), flag 80 (active)
>>>        beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
>>>        end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63
>>> The data for partition 2 is:
>>> <UNUSED>
>>> The data for partition 3 is:
>>> <UNUSED>
>>> The data for partition 4 is:
>>> <UNUSED>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> # /dev/mirror/gm0s1:
>>> 8 partitions:
>>> #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
>>>  a:  1024000        0    4.2BSD     2048 16384 64008
>>>  b:  8388608  1024000      swap
>>>  c: 143363996        0    unused        0     0         # "raw" part,
>>> don't ed$
>>>  d:  8388608  9412608    4.2BSD     2048 16384 28552
>>>  e:  4194304 17801216    4.2BSD     2048 16384 28552
>>>  f: 10240000 21995520    4.2BSD     2048 16384 28552
>>>  g: 110182400 32235520    4.2BSD     2048 16384 28552
>>>
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!  I am ready to pull my hair out
>>> and I'm already going bald so that would be bad!
>>>
>>> Octavian Hornoiu
>>>  
>>>
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