More fun. Vinum fails to find the two extra SATA disks, the ones that are on the 3ware controller, on a reboot:
Sep 4 23:36:30 kernel: twe0: <3ware Storage Controller driver ver. 1.40.01.002> port 0xbc00-0xbc0f mem 0xdf000000-0xdf7fffff,0xdfeffc00-0xdfeffc0f irq 9 at device 2.0 on pci6 Sep 4 23:36:30 kernel: twe0: 2 ports, Firmware FE8S 1.05.00.068, BIOS BE7X 1.08.00.048 ... Sep 4 23:36:30 kernel: twed0: <Unit 0, JBOD, Normal> on twe0 Sep 4 23:36:30 kernel: twed0: 286168MB (586072368 sectors) Sep 4 23:36:30 kernel: twed1: <Unit 1, JBOD, Normal> on twe0 Sep 4 23:36:30 kernel: twed1: 286168MB (586072368 sectors) Here is the vinum config: drive a1 device /dev/ad5s1a drive a2 device /dev/ad6s1a drive a3 device /dev/ad7s1a drive a4 device /dev/twed0s1a drive a5 device /dev/twed1s1a volume raidvola plex name raidvola.p0 org raid5 4001k vol raidvola sd name raidvola.p0.s0 drive a1 plex raidvola.p0 len 143082m sd name raidvola.p0.s1 drive a2 plex raidvola.p0 len 143082m sd name raidvola.p0.s2 drive a3 plex raidvola.p0 len 143082m sd name raidvola.p0.s3 drive a4 plex raidvola.p0 len 143082m sd name raidvola.p0.s4 drive a5 plex raidvola.p0 len 143082m volume raidvolb plex name raidvolb.p0 org raid5 4001k vol raidvolb sd name raidvolb.p0.s0 drive a1 plex raidvolb.p0 len 143082m sd name raidvolb.p0.s1 drive a2 plex raidvolb.p0 len 143082m sd name raidvolb.p0.s2 drive a3 plex raidvolb.p0 len 143082m sd name raidvolb.p0.s3 drive a4 plex raidvolb.p0 len 143082m sd name raidvolb.p0.s4 drive a5 plex raidvolb.p0 len 143082m It keeps marking the two twed units as referenced, after claiming the subdisks they are on are crashed. The disklabels survive: # /dev/twed0c: type: ESDI disk: amnesiac label: flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 255 sectors/cylinder: 16065 cylinders: 36480 sectors/unit: 586067202 rpm: 3600 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # milliseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds drivedata: 0 16 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 586067202 0 vinum # (Cyl. 0 - 36480*) c: 586067202 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 36480*) I can get this vinum config to work just fine but it does not survive a reboot. Anyone have any insight into this? ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< A certain conqueror said to Nasrudin: "Mulla, all the great rulers of the past had honorific titles with the name of God in them: there was, for instance, God-Gifted, God-Accepted, God-Sent, and so on. How about such a name for me?" "God Forbid." said Nasrudin.