Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:48:07 -0600 From: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> To: "firmdog@gmail.com" <firmdog@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ad0: WARNING - removed from configuration (atacontrol and gmirror relationship?) Message-ID: <3DEDBF29-E158-4355-867E-ABB31591667B@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <fa1676af0711271824nf33e5dch8a29dcbb35f5b613@mail.gmail.com> References: <fa1676af0711271108o2bc1744apf1003bd1c637234c@mail.gmail.com> <200711271803.23264.josh@tcbug.org> <fa1676af0711271824nf33e5dch8a29dcbb35f5b613@mail.gmail.com>
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On Nov 27, 2007, at 8:24 PM, firmdog@gmail.com wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007 7:03 PM, Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> wrote: > >> On Tuesday 27 November 2007 01:08:49 pm firmdog@gmail.com wrote: >>> Why was the device removed completely? >>> >>> >>> Can I simply do this? (want to be sure as this box is remote) >>> >>> gmirror forget data >>> >>> atacontrol attach ata0 >>> >>> gmirror insert data ad0 >> >> IDE devices generally aren't hot swappable, so you're going to have >> to >> take >> the box down to replace the failed drive (that's why it detached >> from the >> bus). Once you do that you can rebuild the gmirror. >> > > > I don't want to hot swap...I want to get the existing bad drive back > into > the mirror and see how long it lasts before gmirror breaks again. > > Can I use atacontrol to get the drive back in the system? > > Thanks, > Andy You can, only if the two drives are on different channels. If you have ad0 and ad1, you're probably out of luck. ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks
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