Software RAID1

[Jason King]

So can I assume that these instructions will work with any device? I
realized that I didn't double check this:

especially in the
line for the boot loader where ad(1,a) --> da(1,a).

I didn't double check that. I'll follow through the instructions again
and make the correct change this time and we'll see what happens. I
don't have a problem until I have to reboot. That is when the
instructions want you to dd the first disk then add the first disk to
the gm0 mirror. Both commands give me errors. THe dd command right after
reboot gives "command not allowed". And the gmirror add command give
"can't access provider". I'll try again and let the list know what happens.

Jason

Jerry McAllister wrote:

>>The instructions say to use ad0 and ad1 as the /dev names but those
>>devices don't exist on my server. The device names are da0 and da1. I'd
>>be glad to post anything you wish, but I don't know what the dmesg is,
>>or how I get it. Can you tell me where I can get that information?
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>ado, ad1....adnn are IDE devices.   da0, da1....dann are SCSI devices.
>Use whichever you have.
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>>Jason
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>>Andrea Venturoli wrote:
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>>>Jason King wrote:
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>>>>I am having trouble with THESE instructions:
>>>>http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/
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>>>>I'm trying to create a RAID1 system with FreeBSD and the instructions
>>>>are not working. I'm getting this error:
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>>>>mail# gmirror insert gm0 /dev/da0
>>>>Cannot access provider da0.
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>>>>The command is trying to add the first disk /dev/da0 to the mirror gm0.
>>>>Has anyone else had success at creating a RAID1 mirror on FreeBSD. If
>>>>so, please let me know how you did it because these instructions are not
>>>>working at all.
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>>>I used that tutorial on different machines and it has always worked.
>>>Maybe you have to substitute da0 with something else, that depends on
>>>your hardware. Can you provide a your dmesg at boot time?
>>>
>>> bye
>>>    av.
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