I have a fairly straight forward question. I have just set up my first
OpenBSD software Raid array. All went well and I have a 600GB Raid array
built and partitioned. It contains the following partitions:

/ - raid0a
/etc - raid0d
/var - raid0e
/usr - raid0f
/usr/local - raid0g
/home - raidh
/tmp - raidi

I have run raidctl -A root.

I have edited fstab on the /etc partition on both the raid /etc partition as
well as the wd0 /etc directory (wd0 is one partition).

When I try to mount / ass raid0a I receive the following notice on boot and
the wd0 partition is mounted as read only!
mount_ffs: /dev/raid0a on /: specified device does not match mounted device.

This is my first attempt to set up a software raid system, and according to
all the reading I have done this is possible and I have followed all the
information I can find.

Any ideas on how to set raid0a to / would be greatly appreciated I have been
working on this for 4 days and have not found the correct solution yet.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Bill

NoNeed2Know wrote:

> Any ideas on how to set raid0a to / would be greatly appreciated I have
> been working on this for 4 days and have not found the correct solution
> yet.

in /etc/fstab at boot no run?

regards
--
En realidad ese correo lo tengo como vertedero, no mandéis nada ahí. Al
menos que sea publicidad o reclamaciones de facturas sin pagar.

lococ

"Angel Suarez Rivero" <srangel@teleline.es> wrote in message
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> NoNeed2Know wrote:
>
> > Any ideas on how to set raid0a to / would be greatly appreciated I have
> > been working on this for 4 days and have not found the correct solution
> > yet.
>
> in /etc/fstab at boot no run?
>
> regards
> --
> En realidad ese correo lo tengo como vertedero, no mandéis nada ahí. Al
> menos que sea publicidad o reclamaciones de facturas sin pagar.
>
> lococ

My current /etc/fstab is:
/dev/raid0a / ffs rw,softdep 1 1
/dev/raid0d /etc ffs rx.softdep 1 2
/dev/raid0e /var ffs rx.softdep 1 2
/dev/raid0f /usr ffs rx.softdep 1 2
/dev/raid0g /usr/local ffs rx.softdep 1 2
/dev/raid0h /home ffs rx.softdep 1 2
/dev/raid0i /tmp ffs rx.softdep 1 2

My boot partition and swap are on an old ide drve (wd0a and wd0b)

As I stated if I boot with the above /etc/fstab I get the following error on
boot:

mount_ffs: /dev/raid0a on /: specified device does not match mounted device

According to everything I have read when /bsd on wd0a initializes raid0, it
should basicly start using it immediatley, however what happens is the above
error, and then the wd0a is mounted as root in READ ONLY mode.

df reveals the following:
Filesystem . . . Mounted on:
root_device /
/dev/raid0d /etc
/dev/raid0h /home
/dev/raid0i /tmp
/dev/raid0f /usr
/dev/raid0g /usr/local
/dev/raid0e /var

Any and all help greatly appriciated.

Thanks,

Bill

"NoNeed2Know" <noneed2know@bitbucket.us> wrote in message
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>
> "Angel Suarez Rivero" <srangel@teleline.es> wrote in message
> news:3f54h1-s11.ln1@Edison.casa.es...
> > NoNeed2Know wrote:
> >
> > > Any ideas on how to set raid0a to / would be greatly appreciated I
have
> > > been working on this for 4 days and have not found the correct
solution
> > > yet.
> >
> > in /etc/fstab at boot no run?
> >
> > regards
> > --
> > En realidad ese correo lo tengo como vertedero, no mandéis nada ahí. Al
> > menos que sea publicidad o reclamaciones de facturas sin pagar.
> >
> > lococ
>
> My current /etc/fstab is:
> /dev/raid0a / ffs rw,softdep 1 1
> /dev/raid0d /etc ffs rx.softdep 1 2
> /dev/raid0e /var ffs rx.softdep 1 2
> /dev/raid0f /usr ffs rx.softdep 1 2
> /dev/raid0g /usr/local ffs rx.softdep 1 2
> /dev/raid0h /home ffs rx.softdep 1 2
> /dev/raid0i /tmp ffs rx.softdep 1 2
>
> My boot partition and swap are on an old ide drve (wd0a and wd0b)
>
> As I stated if I boot with the above /etc/fstab I get the following error
on
> boot:
>
> mount_ffs: /dev/raid0a on /: specified device does not match mounted
device
>
> According to everything I have read when /bsd on wd0a initializes raid0,
it
> should basicly start using it immediatley, however what happens is the
above
> error, and then the wd0a is mounted as root in READ ONLY mode.
>
> df reveals the following:
> Filesystem . . . Mounted on:
> root_device /
> /dev/raid0d /etc
> /dev/raid0h /home
> /dev/raid0i /tmp
> /dev/raid0f /usr
> /dev/raid0g /usr/local
> /dev/raid0e /var
>
> Any and all help greatly appriciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
>
>

Did you enable the following in your kernel config:
pseudo-device raid 4 # or whatever is sufficient
option RAID_AUTOCONFIG


Double check that you have the kernel in both /bsd on your raid root slice
and wd0 slice.


I have 3 raid5 devices set up, one for swap (raid0, A yes), one for system
(A root), and one for data (A yes) and it worked at first attempt, OpenBSD
3.3.

Good luck!

/Helge