Re: Vinum problem

[Manfred Stienstra <manfred@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:22:26 +0200, Manfred Stienstra wrote:

Ok, I figured out what the problem was.

> mount# vinum create -v vinum.volumes
>    1: drive a device /dev/ar0s1e
> ** 1 Can't initialize drive a: Operation not supported by device

Operation not supported is issued because the kernel driver currently
doesn't know harddisk device names can start with 'ar'. This is easily
fixed with a small patch and rebuild.

>    2: drive b device /dev/ad0s1h
> ** 2 : Invalid argument

Apparently the partition that is to be added to the vinum volume need to
be of type 'vinum', this wasn't documented in the handbook.

Manfred