On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 06:50:58AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Wednesday, 17 September 2003 at 18:53:55 +0100, Lewis Thompson wrote: > > I'm hoping I've gotten the config right. Also, I tried (while the > > volume was not mounted) newfs /dev/vinum/data and I received: > > > > purple# newfs /dev/vinum/data > > newfs: wtfs: 512 bytes at sector 418773125: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > That's puzzling. I've never seen this before. What version of > FreeBSD are you using? Try: > > ktrace -i newfs /dev/vinum/data > > This will create a file ktrace.out. Look at it with: > > kdump | less > > Look for the message in the output (it'll be there) and show the ioctl > call immediately before (if it's there). Also check if there's any > message in dmesg output or /var/log/messages. Otherwise I have > alternative tricks up my sleeve.
Gah! I didn't think. I just got annoyed and redid the vinum stuff. It does work (quite beautifully) now, after one or two minor hitches. Sorry, I can't provide much feedback for you -- other than it was probably me that messed it up in the first place. Thanks very much, -lewiz. -- I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. --Bob Dylan, 1964. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -| msn:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | jab:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | url:http://lewiz.net |-
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