On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 06:43:16PM +0100, Martin Cernohorsky wrote:
> 
> Dear NetBSDers,
> 
> sorry for the stupid question, but... I've prepared a RAIDFrame RAID 1
> partition. When running initial raidctl -C, there was created a default
> disklabel for raid0, where its only partition was d (the whole disk),
> type 4.2BSD. Without much thinking, I used the d partition for
> a filesystem, and now I realize that the usage for /dev/raid0d raidctl
> operations conflicts with the usage for filesystem operations such as
> disk mounting or fscking. I would like to ask:
> 
>  o Are the /dev/raid?d partitions supposed for any filesystem usage,
>    or have I made an error and they should be reserved like on regular
>    disks?

Yes, maybe. I think the default disklabel should put "unused" for d:, not
4.2BSD

> 
>  o If it is recomended to not use the d partition, can I simply
>    change the partition by editing the disklabel marking the d partition
>    unused and the, for example, a partition (also whole disk) containing
>    the data without the risk of corrupting already existing filesystem
>    on the /dev/raid0d?

Yes, you can do this.


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