Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 13:32:34 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> Cc: Rodrigo Luiz Vargas Costa <rlcosta@lucent.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD using volume manager Message-ID: <20021113030234.GD2919@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200211121910.gACJA7801999@lv.raad.tartu.ee> References: <5B6FD7EC4292D6119A8100508B676C5C018F5998@BZ0017EXCH002U> <200211121910.gACJA7801999@lv.raad.tartu.ee>
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On Tuesday, 12 November 2002 at 21:08:56 +0200, Toomas Aas wrote: > Hi! > >> I would like to ask you if is possible, and after which version, >> install FreeBSD using virtual disks (like Veritas Volume Manager or VINUM). >> Is this possible? > > It seems that Greg Lehey hasn't got the time to read lists right > now, Correct. It was 3 am here. > so I'll just chime in and say that TTBOMK it is not possible to have > root partition on vinum volume, at least in FreeBSD 4.x. Also correct. > It seems to me that this is kind of chicken-and-egg problem - if the > support for vinum volumes is implemented as a module (vinum.ko), > then you need to load this module before you can access the logical > volume. Hence, vinum.ko itself can't be on a vinum volume :-) In fact, there are tricks to work around this. I had the root file system on a Vinum volume nearly three years ago, but there were objections to the tricks I was using. I'm still planning to update things. It's not very much work, but I haven't found the time yet. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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