vinum
Peter Schuller
peter.schuller at infidyne.com
Sun Oct 3 03:37:58 PDT 2004
> drive a device /dev/ad0
> drive b device /dev/ad3
...
> ** 1 Can't initialize drive a: Operation not supported by device
...
> illuminating. Is this a common problem? How do I fix it? I've made
> sure that the disks in question have been labeled using disklabel -e
> as vinum volumes. What else?
I suspect the problem is that you are supposed to specify the vinum volume;
not the drive. That is, a vinum "drive" is a vinum partition on a physical
device, not the physical device itself. So try specifying /dev/ad0s1a
or /dev/ad0a or whatever is the name of your vinum labled partition.
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