3TB disc and block alignment

[Boris Samorodov]

Hi!

On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:55:21 +0100 Kurt Jaeger wrote:

> > > > > Feb 17 22:15:44 vserv1 kernel: GEOM: ufsid/4d5d8faa10b63ac1: using the primary only -- recovery suggested.
> > 
> > > Boris Samorodov wrote:
> > > > It may be the case here if you to used glabel(8) to create a label
> > > > for the whole disk.
> > 
> > > I did not use glabel on that disk.
> > 
> > Hm, I may be wrong here but from the log [1] you do have a geom name
> > ad7. Can you show an output of the command:
> > -----
> > % glabel status
> > -----

> # glabel status
>                   Name  Status  Components
> ufsid/4d62938756e96a72     N/A  ad7

> If I use gpart, does this somehow imply glabel ?

I'm not an expert at gpart(8). But my gparted disks have geom labels for
partitions but not for disks:
-----
% glabel status
                                      Name  Status  Components
                    ufsid/49dfc483d87d81e7     N/A  ada0s2
gptid/3117ed73-3359-11e0-bc0d-001fd091e496     N/A  ada1p1
                                label/swap     N/A  ada1p2
                              label/9-i386     N/A  ada1p3
gptid/acf7633d-3359-11e0-bc0d-001fd091e496     N/A  ada1p4
                              label/homefs     N/A  ada1p5
gptid/75213528-28a1-11e0-9c4c-001d60234854     N/A  ada2p1
gptid/752e6772-28a1-11e0-9c4c-001d60234854     N/A  ada2p2
                              label/rootfs     N/A  ada2p3
                    ufsid/4d3efd0ce038c3e2     N/A  ada2p3
gptid/75379a58-28a1-11e0-9c4c-001d60234854     N/A  ada2p3
                               label/varfs     N/A  ada2p4
                    ufsid/4d3efd2386112e5e     N/A  ada2p4
gptid/75447694-28a1-11e0-9c4c-001d60234854     N/A  ada2p4
                               label/usrfs     N/A  ada2p5
                    ufsid/4d3efd259218e570     N/A  ada2p5
gptid/754e9bec-28a1-11e0-9c4c-001d60234854     N/A  ada2p5
                               label/space     N/A  ada2p6
                    ufsid/4d3efd2813378f80     N/A  ada2p6
gptid/7557f126-28a1-11e0-9c4c-001d60234854     N/A  ada2p6
                    ufsid/49dfc48396bcec1a     N/A  ada0s1a
                    ufsid/49dfc496372a8bf7     N/A  ada0s1d
                    ufsid/49dfc493241d3645     N/A  ada0s1e
                    ufsid/49dfc493e4a185ad     N/A  ada0s1f
-----

Can you recall exact commands which you used to create desk and
its partitions?

> You see me confused 8-)

NP. Glad to be helpful. ;-)

-- 
WBR, bsam