I have started the procedure for mirroring drives and everything works fine upto its first mount attempt (read only root... premounted before /etc/rc runs) and then sees no slices... what I mean is /dev/mirror/gm0Sxy never appears in the ls of /dev/mirror [bur /dev/mirror/gm0 does _exist_).... here is the output from kldstat: Id Refs Address Size Name 1 19 0xc0400000 94f054 kernel 2 1 0xc0d50000 84c4 linprocfs.ko 3 3 0xc0d59000 27744 linux.ko 4 1 0xc0d81000 161c8 geom_mirror.ko 5 1 0xc0d98000 15484 snd_hda.ko 6 2 0xc0dae000 4938c sound.ko 7 1 0xc0df8000 23e4 accf_http.ko 8 1 0xc0dfb000 75aa64 nvidia.ko 9 1 0xc1556000 68304 acpi.ko
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote:> I have started the procedure for mirroring drives and everything works > fine upto its first mount attempt (read only root... premounted before > /etc/rc runs) and then sees no slices... what I mean is > /dev/mirror/gm0Sxy never appears in the ls of /dev/mirror [bur > /dev/mirror/gm0 does _exist_).... here is the output from kldstat: > > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 19 0xc0400000 94f054 kernel > 2 1 0xc0d50000 84c4 linprocfs.ko > 3 3 0xc0d59000 27744 linux.ko > 4 1 0xc0d81000 161c8 geom_mirror.ko > 5 1 0xc0d98000 15484 snd_hda.ko > 6 2 0xc0dae000 4938c sound.ko > 7 1 0xc0df8000 23e4 accf_http.ko > 8 1 0xc0dfb000 75aa64 nvidia.ko > 9 1 0xc1556000 68304 acpi.ko > >Forgot: FreeBSD flosoft.no-ip.biz 7.1-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p2 #0: Sun Feb 1 18:13:54 UTC 2009 root@flosoft.no-ip.biz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
Perhaps you used "gmirror configure" instead of "gmirror label" when you created the gmirror? You need to use "label" mode to actually save the configuration to disks for use on next bootup. - Andrew