Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 10:35:43 +1000 From: Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au> To: danny@i-p-d.nl Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vinum Message-ID: <3AE0D5DF.6C5B3C42@quake.com.au> References: <3AE05058.28191.14F5EC5@localhost>
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danny@i-p-d.nl wrote: > > I have been trying to setup vinum to mirror my first harddisk on a > second identical harddisk. I get the feeling that it is not possible to > mirror the first disk, as it is my FreeBSD bootdisk. Is that right? > > I want to have a working FreeBSD-machine with a second > harddisk, that is working as an exact copy of the first disk, so if my > first drive fails, the second disk takes over, or at least has a most > recent copy. Will that work with vinum, or isn't that possible? The mirroring will work fine, but vinum loads after the root partition is mounted... So the mirror the root partition you will need to have vinum load before this, it should be possible... You should ask Greg Lehey about it, since he is "the vinum guy" :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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