From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 12 04:13:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2AC106564A for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:13:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [IPv6:2607:f678:1010::34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF488FC13 for ; Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:13:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id o8C4DG55059159 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:13:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id o8C4DGai059158 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:13:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA19359; Sat, 11 Sep 10 21:09:00 PDT Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:09:04 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <4c8c5260.+COCCpHgloxRSY2/%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4c83190a.SG+LIhPWaGtmaaeL%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C835474.7060707@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4c8487cc.Rh42YL91jTIv09e0%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4c84ce46.sHyLaI+H+UzM+J/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <4c84ce46.sHyLaI+H+UzM+J/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: sysinstall vs gmirror X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:13:16 -0000 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.