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20 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
grog
551ca3931f Document simplified configuration commands. 1999-07-02 07:58:54 +00:00
grog
1f87f11ed6 Document the -f flag to detach.
Document the dangers of adding subdisks to striped and RAID-5 plexes.
1999-06-22 05:55:32 +00:00
grog
0d0773d84f Arrange the "CONFIGURATION FILE" section in the order in which the
entries go into the config file.

Clarify what names can be used for Vinum drives, and what will happen
to you if you use other names.

Forcibly-demonstrated-by:  Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@rtci.com>
			   Peter K Campbell <PCampbel@vtrlmel1.telstra.com.au>
			   George Cox <george.cox@sophos.com>
			   many others, but those were the only three today.
1999-05-07 07:11:01 +00:00
grog
bc0e455cbb Update documentation of new functions.
Describe new scale letter for sizes: 's' (sector) instead of 'b'
(block).  Both mean 512 bytes, but 'b' is deprecated because it's
confusing.

Document log file and environment variables.
1999-05-02 08:03:30 +00:00
grog
bc183ba3bb Document -w option for init command.
Reorganize OPTIONS section into alphabetical order.
1999-04-10 04:02:23 +00:00
grog
4d6539209a Add GOTCHAS entries warning against using partition c for vinum, and
explaining the syntax of the 'read' command.

Shot-in-foot-by:  Bob Gustwick <gustwick@oldzoom.bga.com>
1999-04-05 04:06:27 +00:00
grog
26a13371a7 Get date right.
Remove comments about not being able to unload from the command line.

Add another example configuration output.

Clarify when to use 'vinum start' and when to use 'vinum read'.
1999-03-28 08:51:51 +00:00
grog
982b5386e5 Add a tutorial-like section "How to set up Vinum" 1999-03-24 09:18:33 +00:00
grog
df50af5d1e Describe the new semantics of 'create':
When creating a new drive, if the drive already has a vinum label,
  and name doesn't match the specified drive, do it anyway if the
  'force' flag is specified.

Continually-tripped-over-by:  Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>

Update information about partition type for Vinum drives.  They
*should* be of type 'vinum', but currently we still accept (and
complain about) partitions of type 'unused'.  At a later date, only
'vinum' will be accepted.

Threatened-since: over a year
1999-03-23 04:55:50 +00:00
grog
c1eac85cfd Clarify the synchronization options in additional plexes to a volume. 1999-03-18 23:17:05 +00:00
grog
7b7b2f7b72 Clarify that the stop command only works in interactive mode. 1999-03-14 04:06:49 +00:00
grog
ca26aeffd1 Describe the new debug flags DEBUG_EOFINFO and DEBUG_MEMFREE.
Fix a confusion between slices and partitions.

Clarify the problems of small stripe sizes (< 128 kB).
1999-03-13 07:45:52 +00:00
grog
a9d07362a5 Document "stop" command with no parameters.
Document "printconfig" and "saveconfig" commands.

Add warning about running "create" multiple times.
1999-03-02 07:02:29 +00:00
grog
cc1dab1dbe Modify example configuration file to show more optimum stripe size of
256 kB instead of 16 kB.

Pointed-out-by: Steve Taylor <staylor@cybernet.com>

Modify description of start command to include 'start' with no
parameters, which reads the config from all drives found on the
system.
1999-02-11 06:14:49 +00:00
grog
64319ac5b9 Fix broken command tables (change formatting from tbl to .Bl/.El)
Move the BUGS section to vinum.4: the only bug in vinum.8 was the man
page, fixed with this commit.
1999-01-27 03:12:23 +00:00
grog
216db4f79f Update to reflect major changes in vinum kernel module 1999-01-21 00:45:11 +00:00
grog
23a2295fcc - Format corrections for troff output
- Comment out the description of the unimplemented replace command
- Explain in even stronger language that resetconfig is not for
  everyday use

  Motivated by:  Marko Schütz <marko@ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>

- Correct the description of the start command (no longer used to
  start vinum, just specific objects)

  Motivated by: dg

- Remove .TH N commands, which conflict badly with the doc macros,
  causing strange headings in nroff output and endless loops in troff.
  The current version produces warning messages with some screen
  sizes, and will be fixed when I have time.

  Bug-report: docs/9328 (nroff)
  Reported-by: joerg (troff)

- Add gotcha info for the setupstate keyword and the use of label and
  resetconfig.

- Add bug entry for the warning messages introduced by fixing
  docs/9328.

- Add references to web pages on Vinum
1999-01-09 03:00:01 +00:00
grog
a93c06ba47 - Correct alphabetical order of commands
- Describe subdisk attachment in more detail
- Describe new 'makedev' command
- Correct use of 'partition' and 'slice'
- Describe 'setupstate' keyword
- Include performance guidelines for striped plexes
- Correct numerical values in examples
- Add examples for disklabel(8)
- Clarify problems creating Vinum drives on inappropriate partitions

Prodded by: NAGANUMA Yasuhiro <y_naga@carat.rim.or.jp> (slices and
            partitions)
1998-12-27 03:47:15 +00:00
grog
c461716e6a Bring man page up to date 1998-09-29 10:26:02 +00:00
grog
22d3d93a1e Import base vinum userland sources 1998-09-16 05:57:36 +00:00