ok, I got it... raid it was... last question: " Next time you need to access the drive, simply use bioctl(8) to attach it and then repeat the last four commands as needed. "
Which would be the exact command? I seem not to be able to figure it out from the man page... remember this is newbies, please... 2016-05-25 12:55 GMT+02:00 Pau Amaro-Seoane <pau.amaro.seo...@gmail.com>: >> pyrrha# dd if=/dev/arandom of=/dev/rsd2c bs=1m > ^ >> Since there's no difference on OpenBSD, why do you keep on changing >> the device name to something other than what's in the document? > > Do you mean /dev/rsd2c? > > As I understand it, if I left the name that's in the document, > > /dev/rsd0c > > I would screw all data of my internal drive, where the OS is installed. > > sd2 is what I got from dmesg > > > 2016-05-25 12:47 GMT+02:00 Raf Czlonka <rafal.czlo...@gmail.com>: >> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 05:10:31PM BST, Pau Amaro-Seoane wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I have been following this guide here: >>> >>> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#softraidCrypto >>> >>> And I get this problem: >>> >>> pyrrha# dd if=/dev/arandom of=/dev/rsd2c bs=1m >> ^ >> Since there's no difference on OpenBSD, why do you keep on changing >> the device name to something other than what's in the document? >> >>> dd: /dev/rsd2c: short write on character device >>> dd: /dev/rsd2c: end of device >>> 57260+0 records in >>> 57259+1 records out >>> 60040544256 bytes transferred in 2966.279 secs (20241028 bytes/sec) >>> pyrrha# fdisk -iy sd2 >>> Writing MBR at offset 0. >>> pyrrha# disklabel -E sd2 >>> Label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt) >>> > a a >>> offset: [64] >>> size: [117258371] >>> FS type: [4.2BSD] >> ^^^^^^^ >> This should be RAID. >> >> It is there in the document you had linked to above :^) >> >> Regards, >> >> Raf >> >>> Rounding size to bsize (32 sectors): 117258368 >>> > w >>> > q >>> No label changes. >>> pyrrha# bioctl -c C -l sd2a softraid0 >>> softraid0: invalid metadata format >>> >>> /dev/sd2 is my external usb disk. >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Pau >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Openbsd-newbies mailing list >>> Openbsd-newbies@sfobug.theapt.org >>> http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies >> _______________________________________________ >> Openbsd-newbies mailing list >> Openbsd-newbies@sfobug.theapt.org >> http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list Openbsd-newbies@sfobug.theapt.org http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies