Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:09:04 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sysinstall vs gmirror Message-ID: <4c8c5260.%2BCOCCpHgloxRSY2/%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4c84ce46.sHyLaI%2BH%2BUzM%2BJ/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4c83190a.SG%2BLIhPWaGtmaaeL%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C835474.7060707@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4c8487cc.Rh42YL91jTIv09e0%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4c84ce46.sHyLaI%2BH%2BUzM%2BJ/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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How do I get sysinstall to recognize a gmirror?
I've created the mirror -- which currently has only one provider --
using Fixit#, followed by
Fixit# ln -s /dist/boot/kernel /boot
Fixit# gmirror load
after which /dev/mirror/gm0{,a,b} exist. However, even after
rescanning the disks, sysinstall doesn't include gm0 in its
drive list. I also tried:
Fixit# ( cd /dev && ln -s mirror/* . && ll gm* )
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 10 Sep 6 10:48 gm0@ -> mirror/gm0
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 10 Sep 6 10:48 gm0a@ -> mirror/gm0a
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 10 Sep 6 10:48 gm0b@ -> mirror/gm0b
in case sysinstall looks only in /dev itself and not in any
subdirectories, and that didn't help. I even tried:
Fixit# ( cd /dev && ln -s mirror/gm0 ar0 \
&& for p in a b d e ; \
do ln -s mirror/gm0$p ar0$p ; done && ll ar* )
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 10 Sep 6 10:48 ar0@ -> mirror/gm0
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 10 Sep 6 10:48 ar0a@ -> mirror/gm0a
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 10 Sep 6 10:48 ar0b@ -> mirror/gm0b
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 10 Sep 6 10:48 ar0d@ -> mirror/gm0d
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 10 Sep 6 10:48 ar0e@ -> mirror/gm0e
in case sysinstall looks only for names of known disk drivers,
and that didn't help either.
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