Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:12:54 +0100 From: Angus MacGyver <macgyver@calibre-solutions.co.uk> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vinum + AXP + 5.4.. Message-ID: <1121681574.5897.7.camel@falcon.calibre-solutions.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050718100353.GH53035@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <1121674263.5897.5.camel@falcon.calibre-solutions.co.uk> <20050718100353.GH53035@cicely12.cicely.de>
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On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 12:03 +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 09:11:03AM +0100, Angus MacGyver wrote: > > OK.. > > > > Prolly a "Silly question" here.. > > I wish to install 5.4 on a LX164 mobo, as I have done in the past.... > > > > Just one thing, I now have two 18GB hdd's (scsi) and want to use vinum. > > The manual states that I cannot install onto a vinum disk, fine.... > > It also says to get around that you install first, using swap as the > > first partition.... trouble is, when i try that from sysinstall it sys > > that I will break things as the AXP architecture cannot understand > > booting from anything that the first lump on the drive... > > > > So, resorting to my friend google, there isn't exactly a wealth of info > > coming back to help.. > > > > Anyone got any pointers ? (or even a howto?) > > Use gmirror - it stores bookkeeping data at the end, so it shouldn't > be a problem with booting. > The overall state with vinum/gvinum under FreeBSD-5 and up is not very > good. > In fact I keep two machine - one an alpha - on very old OS versions > just because they have big vinum partitions. > AH... I will take a look.. Thanks. AM -- Angus MacGyver <macgyver@calibre-solutions.co.uk>
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