From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 2 10:13:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 509E416A417 for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:13:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A17AE13C43E for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:13:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m02ACvxS052339; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:12:58 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.4.1 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk m02ACvxS052339 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dkim=hardfail (SSP) header.i=unknown Message-ID: <477B63A9.2090106@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:12:57 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Chris H." References: <20080102002651.r72jwx0pgk4000c8@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <20080102002651.r72jwx0pgk4000c8@webmail.1command.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:12:58 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92/5338/Wed Jan 2 03:46:29 2008 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror on 7B4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:13:21 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Chris H. wrote: > Where is the option to create, and install to a gMIRRORED drive-set? > If not, why? > If not, it possible to install to one drive, mirror all available drives > with > the data on the installed drive? sysinstall does not provide any simple method of setting up a gmirror RAID-1 itself, but it is fairly easy to escape from the installer and type in a few shell commands to set such a thing up. There are instructions here: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/11/10/FreeBSD_Basics.html Yes, you can convert a drive with a plain vanilla install of FreeBSD on it into part of a gmirror setup easily and without having to worry about rebuilding filesystems. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHe2Op8Mjk52CukIwRCHlZAJ4njIkbhvqNu1b/KmonuuFIfmr6WgCfet5g C25NHpDKIPfUYLFU6ay9T08= =jvLD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----