Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 12:30:35 -0800 From: Lapo Nustrini <lapo@seanet.com> To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: gmirror load problem Message-ID: <169FE8E2-A191-491B-864D-C1CBE28EE827@seanet.com>
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I'm trying to create a geom mirror using /dev/da0 and /dev/da1 on a live system. The system is running FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE Its a dual Xeon setup with hot swappable scsi drives. The standard way I've achieved this in the past is by wiping out da1 and labeling da1 with: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=512 count=79 # gmirror label -v -n -b round-robin gm0 /dev/da1 # gmirror load Then using fdisk to create a single dedicated partition on the disk, before moving on to recreating the file structure using bsdlabel, etc... # fdisk -v -B -I /dev/mirror/gm0 etc... I've done the above on 4 other similar servers in the past with no problems. This time however "gmirror load" returns a "Command 'load' not available" error. I thought gmirror must be already loaded but I can't unload gmirror or see a /dev/mirror directory on the system. The only gmirror commands which don't error out are: gmirror label and gmirror help. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I should be looking for to figure out what is preventing gmirror from loading? Thanks, Lapo Nustrini
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