aha, ... I was missing the mount point at the end of my line glusterfs -f /etc/glusterfs/glusterfs.vol -l /var/log/messages -L DEBUG --debug -N /dagumbigdir thanks! =cm --- On Fri, 10/2/09, Anush Shetty <anush at gluster.com> wrote: > From: Anush Shetty <anush at gluster.com> > Subject: Re: unable to start client, new setup 2.0.6 centos5.3 > To: "Charles" <cshtreck at yahoo.com> > Cc: gluster-users at gluster.org > Date: Friday, October 2, 2009, 12:48 PM > Hi Charles, I think you didn't > specify the mount point? while starting > the client. > > Something like this, > > glusterfsd -f client1.vol -l client1.log /mnt/client1 > > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Charles <cshtreck at yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > when attempting to start the client I received: > > no valid translator loaded at the top, orno mount > point given. exiting > > [2009-10-02 10:34:40] E > [glusterfsd.c:570:glusterfs_graph_init] glusterfs: no valid > translator loaded at the top or no mount point given. > exiting > > [2009-10-02 10:34:40] E [glusterfsd.c:1217:main] > glusterfs: translator initialization failed. ?exiting > > > > - running 2.0.6 on centos 5.3 > > - 3 servers, 1 client > > - I'm attempting to replicate across the 3 servers > > - pls help > > > > # client config > > # file: /etc/glusterfs/glusterfs.vol > > volume remote1 > > ?type protocol/client > > ?option transport-type tcp > > ?option remote-host rh1 > > ?option remote-subvolume brick > > end-volume > > > > volume remote2 > > ?type protocol/client > > ?option transport-type tcp > > ?option remote-host rh2 > > ?option remote-subvolume brick > > end-volume > > > > volume remote3 > > ?type protocol/client > > ?option transport-type tcp > > ?option remote-host rh3 > > ?option remote-subvolume brick > > end-volume > > > > volume replicate > > ?type cluster/replicate > > ?subvolumes remote1 remote2 remote3 > > end-volume > > > > volume writebehind > > ?type performance/write-behind > > ?option window-size 1MB > > ?subvolumes replicate > > end-volume > > > > volume cache > > ?type performance/io-cache > > ?option cache-size 512MB > > ?subvolumes writebehind > > end-volume > > > > # > > # server config > > # > > volume posix > > ?type storage/posix > > ?option directory /bigpartition > > end-volume > > > > volume locks > > ?type features/locks > > ?subvolumes posix > > end-volume > > > > volume brick > > ?type performance/io-threads > > ?option thread-count 8 > > ?subvolumes locks > > end-volume > > > > volume server > > ?type protocol/server > > ?option transport-type tcp > > ?option auth.addr.brick.allow * > > ?subvolumes brick > > end-volume > > > > =cm > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gluster-users mailing list > > Gluster-users at gluster.org > > http://gluster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users > > > > > > -- > Anush, > Team Gluster, > http://gluster.com >