On Tuesday, 21 March 2000 at 14:48:55 +0100, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm having a strange problem after upgrading: There are no raw
> devices created for vinum volumes.
Indeed there are. You list them below. There are no longer any block
devices.
> This makes dump(8) puke.
>
> This is a 3.4 system:
>
> ls -laF /dev/vinum
> ...
> crwxr-xr-- 1 root wheel 91, 1 2 Jul 1999 rusr*
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 2 Jul 1999 rvol/
> ...
> brwxr-xr-- 1 root wheel 25, 1 2 Jul 1999 usr*
This was a block device.
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 2 Jul 1999 vol/
> ...
>
> and here's a 4.0:
>
> crw-r----- 1 root wheel 91, 0 21 Mar 13:40 usr
This is now a character device.
> drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 512 21 Mar 13:40 vol/
>
> vinum makedev doesn't help. what gives?
You don't describe what dump has to say. I know that they put in a
fix recently, but you don't say how old your system is.
Greg
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