[DRBD-user] How do I reconfigure a device

Lars Ellenberg Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com
Mon Nov 7 22:39:55 CET 2005

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/ 2005-11-08 09:19:57 +1300
\ Jeremy Bowen:
> On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:50 pm, Lars Ellenberg wrote:
> > > I've also tried:
> > > /sbin/drbdsetup /dev/drbd0 resize -d 62661501
> > > but this results in the same dmesg entry as above.
> >
> > if we have seen our peer, we remember the "last agreed" size.
> > you are not allowed to grow beyond that in stand alone, at least not
> > using these tools.
> 
> The device has never been connected to a peer.

then maybe the same meta data area has been used before for an other
device with different settings?

> However, if I want to start all over again, how do I do this ? Is there some 
> way of resetting the drbd parameters ?
> I don't care about the data stored on the volume, I just want to start again.
> I'd prefer to do this without having to wipe my low level partitions. It is 
> possible ?

since you seem to be using sda6 as your drbd meta data device,
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda6 bs=4K count=1
should do the trick (for the meta-disk /dev/sda6[0], at least)

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