On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:32:41 +0100 "Chris Harries" <ch...@sharescope.co.uk> wrote:
> Thank you for your time. > > This I did find weird, wondering why on this guide, it is setting B > to RAID and not swap...on boot it does say it cannot find swap but > this guide did come recommended... > > It says > > A: 144522 4.2BSD (this is the 64MB drive to boot off > B: 1953375480 RAID (this is the RAID data partition > C: 1953523055 UNUSED > > I am guessing you meant wd0 and wd1, the guide suggested making wd2 > as the fake device as I am creating the install on wd0, putting over > to wd1 then booting to wd1 and initializing wd0 again and create the > raid, in a very cut way to explain it > > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: J.C. Roberts [mailto:list-...@designtools.org] > > Sent: 30 March 2009 13:16 > > To: Chris Harries > > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > > Subject: Re: raidctl -vF component0 raid0 > > > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:43:31 +0100 "Chris Harries" > > <ch...@sharescope.co.uk> wrote: > > > > START disks > > /dev/wd2b # the fake device > > /dev/wd1b > > > > > > The above looks weird. The 'b' partition is typically swap. > > > > What do the following commands tell you? > > > > $ sudo disklabel -n wd1 > > > > $ sudo disklabel -n wd2 > > > > > > -- > > J.C. Roberts > > No. I meant what I said. You have wd1b and wd2b clearly stated in your config file, "/root/raid0.conf". Unless you've already disklabel'd the wd1 and wd2 disks to have a 'b' partition, then something is terribly wrong. There is a very good reason why many people around here have a bad view of "how-to" documents. Theses supposed "how-to" documents you find on the web are often completely wrong. OpenBSD strives to have accurate and useful documentation in it's manuals. You should always start by reading the OpenBSD manuals first. $ man raidctl If you *only* want to do RAID 1 (mirroring), and you are not booting to the volume, you might be better off looking at `man softraid` --This is the new RAID functionality being built into OpenBSD. Using softraid will save you from building a custom kernel with RAIDframe support, but be sure to read the CAVEATS section of the softraid man page to make sure softraid fits your needs. -- J.C. Roberts
