Re: Can't save Vinum config: No such file or directory

From: John Hay (jhay_at_icomtek.csir.co.za)
Date: 02/17/04

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    Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:56:00 +0200
To: Vallo Kallaste <kalts@estpak.ee>

    > >
    > > I don't know, but I haven't heard anything to the contrary. But then,
    > > Vinum mirroring is also stable. Note that the message to which you
    > > reply is based on a misunderstanding. The issue here seems to be
    > > finger trouble at startup, and that can happen with ccd as well.
    >
    > Yes. Perhaps vinum is stable, but kernels past 5.2-RELEASE did
    > sometimes panic in vinum at bootup (for me). 5.2-RELEASE kernel
    > simply didn't boot with mirrored /usr filesystem. I will try the
    > upcoming 5.2.x if ready, but until then I'm still with Dec 21 kernel
    > which works reliably. I am not pointing to vinum at all, there has
    > been lots of other changes.
    > But as I need _reliable_ mirrored /usr, vinum seems to be out of
    > game again.

    Interesting, maybe the problem is not general but tied to specific
    hardware or setups? I have 3 machines all with at least /usr, /var
    and /home on vinum without seeing vinum problems:

    #######################################
    marge# uname -a
    FreeBSD marge.icomtek.csir.co.za 5.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE #0: Sun Jan 11 04:21:45 GMT 2004 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
    marge# mount
    /dev/vinum/root on / (ufs, local)
    devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
    /dev/vinum/usr on /usr (ufs, local)
    /dev/vinum/var on /var (ufs, local)
    marge# uptime
    11:45AM up 27 days, 22:29, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00
    marge#
    #######################################
    dolphin# uname -a
    FreeBSD dolphin.icomtek.csir.co.za 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #4: Tue Jan 6 09:56:06 SAST 2004 jhay@dolphin.icomtek.csir.co.za:/export/obj/usr/src/sys/DOLPHIN i386
    dolphin# mount
    /dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local)
    devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
    /dev/vinum/var on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
    /dev/vinum/usr on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates)
    /dev/vinum/home on /home (ufs, local, soft-updates)
    /dev/vinum/export on /export (ufs, local, nosuid, soft-updates)
    procfs on /proc (procfs, local)
    devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
    devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
    /dev/acd0 on /cdrom (cd9660, local, read-only)
    dolphin# uptime
    11:45AM up 35 days, 23:16, 32 users, load averages: 0.58, 0.73, 0.73
    dolphin#
    #######################################
    zibbi:~ > uname -a
    FreeBSD zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za 5-20040129-CURRENT FreeBSD 5-20040129-CURRENT #0: Thu Jan 29 09:44:51 GMT 2004 root@builder.icomtek.csir.co.za:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
    zibbi:~ > mount
    /dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local)
    devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
    /dev/vinum/var on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
    /dev/vinum/usr on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates)
    /dev/vinum/home on /home (ufs, local, soft-updates)
    zibbi:~ > uptime
    11:45AM up 11 days, 22:39, 7 users, load averages: 0.15, 0.11, 0.14
    zibbi:~ >
    #######################################

    One is pure IDE, one pure SCSI and one a IDE SCSI mix.

    PS. I know there are sometimes other problems with vinum, like when
    PKH changes APIs faster than the rest can keep up with, and I'm not
    talking about those problems.

    John 

    -- 
John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org
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