Encrypting raid5 volume with geli

[oxy]

here it is:

[root at test /]# gvinum l
4 drives:
D disk_2                State: up       /dev/ad9        A: 0/238475 MB (0%)
D disk_1                State: up       /dev/ad8        A: 0/238475 MB (0%)
D disk_4                State: up       /dev/ad5        A: 0/238475 MB (0%)
D disk_3                State: up       /dev/ad4        A: 0/238475 MB (0%)

1 volume:
V raid5                 State: down     Plexes:       1 Size:        698 GB

1 plex:
P raid5.p0           R5 State: down     Subdisks:     4 Size:        698 GB

4 subdisks:
S raid5.p0.s0           State: stale    D: disk_1       Size:        232 GB
S raid5.p0.s1           State: stale    D: disk_2       Size:        232 GB
S raid5.p0.s2           State: stale    D: disk_3       Size:        232 GB
S raid5.p0.s3           State: stale    D: disk_4       Size:        232 GB

[root at test /]# geli init -P -K /root/raid5.key /dev/gvinum/raid5
geli: Cannot store metadata on /dev/gvinum/raid5: Device not configured.

Rick C. Petty írta:
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:52:47PM +0100, oxy wrote:
>   
>> Is there any method to use encrypted raid5 volumes?
>> i created the raid5 volume with gvinum, works fine, but when i try to
>> encrypt it:
>> geli init -P -K /root/enc.key /dev/gvinum/raid5
>> it says:
>> Cannot store Metadata....Operation not permitted
>> any ideas?
>> thank you!
>>     
>
> What's the output of "gvinum l"?
>
> -- Rick C. Petty
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