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diff --git a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 index a68ec51674cb..51f21cf1a760 100644 --- a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 +++ b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 @@ -1093,6 +1093,30 @@ dependent on the context. The configuration file can contain the following entries: .Pp .Bl -hang -width 4n +.It Nm drive Ar name option +.Pp +Define a drive. The option must be: +.Pp +.Bl -hang -width 18n +.It Nm device Ar devicename +Specify the device on which the drive resides. +.Ar devicename +must be the name of a disk compatibility partition, for example +.Pa /dev/da1e +or +.Pa /dev/wd3h , +and it should be of type +.Nm vinum . +Do not use the +.Nm c +partition, which is reserved for the complete disk, and should be of type +.Nm unused . +It is currently possible to create drives on other disk devices, for example +.Pa /dev/da0s1 +or +.Pa /dev/da0s1e , +but it will not be possible to start these drives after a reboot. +.El .It Nm volume .Ar name .Op options @@ -1254,14 +1278,6 @@ on the last drive specified. .br .fi .El -.It Nm drive Ar name Op options -.Pp -Define a drive. The option must be: -.Pp -.Bl -hang -width 18n -.It Nm device Ar devicename -Specify the device on which the drive resides. -.El .El .Sh EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILE .Bd -literal @@ -1389,23 +1405,28 @@ system. The first choice you need to make is where to put the data. You need dedicated disk partitions for .Nm vinum . -See the example under DRIVE LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS above. Choose partition type -.Nm -unless your version of -.Xr disklabel 8 -does not understand this partition type, in which case you will need to use -partition type -.Nm unused -until you update your version of -.Xr disklabel 8 . -Use the compatibility partition (for example, -.Pa /dev/da0g ) -rather than the true partition name (such as -.Pa /dev/da0s1g ). -.Nm -currently uses the compatibility partition only for the +They should be compatibility partitions, not devices or partition +.Nm c +of a slice. For example, good names are +.Pa /dev/da0e +or +.Pa /dev/wd3a . +Bad names are +.Pa /dev/da0 +and +.Pa /dev/da0s1 , +both of which represent a device, not a partition, +.Pa /dev/wd1c , +which represents a complete disk and should be of type +.Nm unused , +and +.Pa /dev/da3s0e , +which is not a compatibility partition. +.Nm +currently allows you to create drives with these names, but the .Nm start -command, so this way you can avoid problems. +command will not find them. See the example under DRIVE LAYOUT CONSIDERATIONS +above. .Ss Designing volumes The way you set up .Nm |