From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 25 09:27:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB40116A46B for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:27:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D84B13C46C for ; Fri, 25 May 2007 09:27:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 30213 invoked from network); 25 May 2007 19:27:44 +1000 Received: from 210-84-60-60.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (210.84.60.60) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 25 May 2007 19:27:43 +1000 Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 19:27:40 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Olivier Nicole Message-ID: <20070525192740.103d0752@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200705250841.l4P8fSSH031065@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <54316.74.2.36.140.1179892303.squirrel@mail.el.net> <61733.74.64.6.149.1180002606.squirrel@mail.el.net> <20070524152750.GB20309@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <62361.74.64.6.149.1180048287.squirrel@mail.el.net> <20070525125110.55444566@localhost> <63019.74.2.36.140.1180082245.squirrel@mail.el.net> <200705250841.l4P8fSSH031065@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: rsmith@xs4all.nl, kalin@el.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: raid or not raid X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 09:27:44 -0000 On Fri, 25 May 2007 15:41:28 +0700 (ICT) Olivier Nicole wrote: > > how come there is ad4s1b and ad4s1c when those names don't appear in the > > fstab or df? > because df shows mounted disks, and fstab what to mount. neither of them affect b (usually swap) or c (as per Olivier below). you can see b by using the right command, for example, swapinfo: $ swapinfo Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity /dev/ad0s1b.eli 4194304 0 4194304 0% ( mine has .eli @ the end because it's an encrypted swap device). > Very often ad4s1b will be the swap and ad4s1c the full slice. > > That is not an absolute rule, but it is very much recommended (at > least for ad4s1c) to keep it equivalent to the full slice. indeed :) gstat shows them anyway because they are part of the GEOM subsys - u just need the right tool to see them. Regards, B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Gravity cannot be blamed for people falling in love." Albert Einstein I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.