Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:57:23 -0700 From: "Richard Johannesson" <rtjohan@syspres.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FreeBSD5.1 Vinum Mirror root Message-ID: <001001c350d6$ea61d790$3d01a8c0@rjc800> In-Reply-To: <200307221931.19675.rajat@skipstone.com>
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Read everything I can find on vinum: vinum website, freebsd documentation on vinum, and "Complete FreeBSD" section on vinum. Still not sure which method is correct for setting up a mirrored root drive for a FreeBSD 5.1 system. The instructions I've found online regarding a vinum root drive, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-root.html, does not mention any need to first install freebsd on a normal drive and then convert that root drive to a vinum drive. The instructions from the "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey on installing FreeBSD5.1 on Vinum specifies to 1st do this freebsd install then convert to vinum. One thing this book mentions is to create the swap directory 1st so the vinum configuration will be stored in the 1st 265 sectors of the "swap" slice. Is this second method outdate, or is there simply several ways to accomplish this task. I'm new to FreeBSD, so setting up vinum seems a little overwhelming. Just trying to mirror a 200GB root drive with another 200GB drive. Would really appreciate any advice on this matter. Thanks, Richard
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