[DRBD-user] drbd.conf

aleks aleks.n at telus.net
Tue Nov 16 05:16:49 CET 2004

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


Thanks .

I am using drbd-rh9-1.0.0.i686.tar  available at openssi.org . Trying to 
use drbd with SSI . But you cleared up  a few things for me I think .

James Doherty wrote:

>On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 17:26 -0800, aleks wrote:
>  
>
>>I loaded the module ..... insmod nbd  .... then /dev/nbd/0 shows up in 
>>my filesystem ....
>>    
>>
>
>The DRBD module is called "drbd". Once you modprobe this /dev/drbdX
>devices will appear (and you should be able to cat /proc/drbd)
>
>  
>
>>I run /etc/init.d/drbd start  which does not show any output ( should 
>>there be ? ) ...
>>    
>>
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>There should be quite a bit of output (assuming you are physically at
>the machine). 
>
>  
>
>>Then I try mkfs -t ext3 /dev/nbd/0 ..... which fails ( I forget the 
>>exact error messages , I'll repost
>>if that's important ) .
>>    
>>
>
>After you modprobe the "drbd" module and set the resource(s) of one
>machine to the "primary" state, you should be able to create the
>filesystem.
>
>You didn't mention what version of DRBD you are running, but you might
>find this useful:
>http://linuxha.trick.ca/DRBD
>  
>

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