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I have a server with two nvme disks of the same model. When I run geom disk list I get the following (with lunid and ident redacted slightly): root@server:~ # geom disk list Geom name: nvd0 Providers: 1. Name: nvd0 Mediasize: 512110190592 (477G) Sectorsize: 512 Mode: r3w3e7 descr...

I created raidz with labels and geoms /dev/ada1pX /dev/ada2pX /dev/ada3pX /dev/ada3pX as well as /dev/gpt/$labels existed before reboot. It was like this: pool: hddPool_x3_RAIDZ state: ONLINE config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM...

Guys I changed my disks in my T430 to make a better backup routine. Before I had a strip with 3 ssd's with 1 tb each. I changed to root in a 240gb, home in a 1tb, and I left 1tb for dual booting with OBSD. And the last 1tb I took out of the note and put it in a case for external use. Everything...

I have the GELI key, but the associated pool (HDDs) unavailable currently (phisically). Can I check my password(s) with the keyfile only, without the encrypted media? If I know, the keyfile contains the keychain(s), protected by password(s). I would like to check this password, but without...

Hi I recently decided to move my FreeBSD installation onto a new drive. Since I was using ZFS, I achieved this by inserting the new drive, and then using the memstick installer on a USB drive to perform a basic install. After this I dropped to a shell, unmounted all the destination datasets...

I am configuring a gstripe of 2 disks, one of 8TB and another of 4TB, the stripe seems to be created correctly but with reduced size: odyssey # ~> gstripe label -v st0 /dev/ada2 /dev/ada3 Metadata value stored on /dev/ada2. warning: /dev/ada3: only 4000787029504 bytes from 8001563221504 bytes...

I would like to multi-boot FreeBSD[13.1-RESEASE], OpenBSD[7.1] and Debian[sid] on my SSD. Before doing it on physical disks, I tried it on VirtualBox on my FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE. I installed OpenBSD on ada0p4 with full disk encryption. To do/practice it twice, I booted into FreeBSD, delete and...

To reorganise my zfs server, I need to vacate the tank, temporarily. It's currently configured with 5 x 3 TB disks in RAID-Z1 format. These disks are nearly 10 years old. Two of the originals have failed already, and I want to move to RAID-Z2 as soon as possible. I already have two spare...

Hi, I'm having an issue with bootcode upgrade after zfs features upgrade. FreeBSD's suggestion is this gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptzfsboot -i 1 da0 but this doesn't work because there is no da0. Instead I use ada0, the only SSD fully owned by ZFS. However, the result is an error...

Hi, I have problem with raid / mirror and I need a guide how to fix it safely. Below my problem. gmirror status Name Status Components mirror/swap COMPLETE da1p2 (ACTIVE) da2p2 (ACTIVE) da0 at ciss0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 da0: <HP RAID 0 OK> Fixed...

Hello. My software raid 5 rebuiled hot and after that there are penging somewhat. Does anybody knows what does it mean "Pending"? Geom name: Data State: COMPLETE HOT Status: Total=8, Online=8 Type: AUTOMATIC Pending: (wqp 11 // 2) 2052749657088..2052749661184/4096p...

I am working on embedded project based on freebsd. It is looking into having a NVMe device. I am newbie for freebsd. Based on the handbook, the Freebsd doesn't support the block layer as Linux does. I am assuming the file system driver (example, ext2fs) will be able to mount with NVMe driver...

I have an geom_uzip image and what I'm confused about is the following. The first few lines of the image file are as follows: #!/bin/sh #V2.0 Format m=geom_uzip (kldstat -m $m 2>&-||kldload $m)>&-&&mount_cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -af $0`.uzip $1 exit $? But when I try to execute them manually they...

Hello all. This is my first post. I have considered giving FreeBSD a try for a while and have decided now would be a good time although I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I am trying to install the OS on my fake raid but it is not working. I don't even know if it is possible in this...

I am an idiot. I have no backup. Nothing critically important, but 6 TB of personal data I would sorely like to recover. I solemnly swear to create real backups first, before anything else, if I can get this working again. I'm a newbie to FreeBSD. This new FreeBSD system is replacing an old...

I'm developing GEOM provider/consumer and looking through the existing code to learn. And in process of that started to question the usage necessity of bio queue (bio_queue_head) in some cases. There are a lot of cases when a pattern for functions such as g_*_read or g_*_flush is like so: ...

My new FreeBSD 10.2 server consists of one SSD for the base system, several HDDs for data storage and a hot swap bay which I use for backups. All drives are encrypted with geli and I use ZFS on all internal disks. I have written a small script to automatically attach encrypted disk, import ZFS...