Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 15:51:50 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>, tim@scratch.demon.co.uk Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vinum again Message-ID: <19990308155150.S490@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990307201942.00a3c100@mail-r>; from Ludwig Pummer on Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 08:26:34PM -0800 References: <4.1.19990307143449.00a76be0@mail-r> <199903072143.VAA00531@franklin.matlink> <4.1.19990307143449.00a76be0@mail-r> <19990308143832.N490@lemis.com> <4.1.19990307201942.00a3c100@mail-r>
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On Sunday, 7 March 1999 at 20:26:34 -0800, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > At 08:08 PM 3/7/99 , Greg Lehey wrote: >> Specifically, what you *should* do is: >> >> 1. Close to the beginning of your /etc/rc: >> >> vinum start > > 3.1-STABLE's /etc/defaults/rc.conf already has > ... > ### Miscellaneous administrative options > ... > vinum_drives="" # put in names of disks containing vinum drives > > and /etc/rc at line 50: > if [ "X$skip_diskconf" != "XYES" -a -n "$vinum_drives" ]; then > vinum read $vinum_drives Yes, I know, since I put them there. > That and correct entries is /etc/fstab makes vinum start up > properly. Yes, but it's confusing and potentially dangerous. 'vinum start' goes out and finds the vinum drives. > However, at the time vinum is started, / is still read-only, so > vinum complains that it can't remake the /dev entries. That has since been changed, but it's probably the case in -RELEASE. > Despite the complaints, everything starts up and works properly. Correct. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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