Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 12:57:14 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org> To: lev@freebsd.org Cc: daniel@digsys.bg, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, ivoras@freebsd.org, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: Project geom-events Message-ID: <1427093959.20111008125714@serebryakov.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <4e901d55.j0M8m%2BTba3WC%2BWrp%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <1927112464.20111004220507@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4E8B7A27.5070908@quip.cz> <344794801.20111005101957@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4E8C1426.60107@quip.cz> <251861322.20111005125825@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4E8C6E85.90005@quip.cz> <CACdU%2Bf8mA1wLUnHVyrJwaf89ahf2oc_904=8mme7kkBLxLSCCQ@mail.gmail.com> <4E8CD662.90202@quip.cz> <j6k252$hpm$1@dough.gmane.org> <4E8D9136.6040200@digsys.bg> <672948039.20111006175334@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4e8f076e.XGNH7dUgsC/mhr1j%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <1646032486.20111007112802@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4e901d55.j0M8m%2BTba3WC%2BWrp%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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Hello, Lev. You wrote 8 =EE=EA=F2=FF=E1=F0=FF 2011 =E3., 13:52:21: >> GPT must have backup copy in last sector by standard ... > In that case, shouldn't it refuse to install on any provider that is > not in fact a disk, so as not to create configurations that cannot > work properly? Installation of FreeBSD on software mirror?.. >> MBR doesn;t have any additional metadata. How adding one will help it? > It would add robustness, for cases like the one that started > this thread. If MBR put a GEOM metadata block at the end of > its provider, it would fix the tasting race when an MBR is > installed on a glabelled (or gmirrored) drive. And how it should work with MBR created by non-FreeBSD tools? --=20 // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev@FreeBSD.org>
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