> I can't run fmtisect or fmtarenas directly on partition without this > error: > > ; sudo /usr/local/plan9/bin/venti/fmtarenas -b 8192 > arenas0. /dev/ad2:0-10G > err 0: can't determine size of > partition /dev/ad2 /usr/local/plan9/bin/venti/fmtarenas: can't open > partition /dev/ad2:0-10G: can't determine size of partition /dev/ad2 > [status 1] ;
ls -l /dev/ad2 and look at the major device number. There is a list in src/lib9/_p9dir.c and maybe it is missing. > Another question (the last): > Is there a built-in mechanism to feed the vnfs's config file or should > i handle this with script? Not sure what you're asking here. Vnfs will reload the config file if you cat /dump/+refreshconfig. Russ
