Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:50:23 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: wblock@wonkity.com Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Handbook mirroring section Message-ID: <20120606.185023.497714372668376681.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206052220390.10777@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206041331520.945@wonkity.com> <20120605.051840.668781590183332493.hrs@allbsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206052220390.10777@wonkity.com>
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----Security_Multipart(Wed_Jun__6_18_50_23_2012_944)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote in <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206052220390.10777@wonkity.com>: wb> On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Hiroki Sato wrote: wb> wb> > Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote wb> > in <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206041331520.945@wonkity.com>: wb> > wb> > wb> It's a little tricky. What do you think about having two wb> > sections, wb> > wb> one for how to create a standard mirror from scratch, and one for wb> > wb> converting a single-disk system to a mirror? wb> > wb> > It sounds like a good idea. wb> wb> Here's a pass at it: wb> wb> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/mirror/book.html wb> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/mirror/patch-geom-2.diff wb> wb> Notes: wb> wb> I tried to factor out common information to the introduction and the wb> Troubleshooting section afterward. wb> wb> diskinfo(8) was used in place of gpart list because the disk capacity wb> is in the first three lines, so the command line is simpler. wb> wb> There is no entity for gnop(8) yet, but I have one locally. Thanks, I will review the new version. BTW, do you (or anyone) know the common failure pattern when trying to use GPT + gmirror of the whole disk? IIRC it was a metadata corruption but I do not remember when it happens. -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Jun__6_18_50_23_2012_944)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk/PJ98ACgkQTyzT2CeTzy2+XgCeKTf2ffe7uHx28Zj3K9WE3Q/A wQkAmwdp3D760w1OlpsMekPNtR92KaQM =yw8t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Wed_Jun__6_18_50_23_2012_944)----
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