From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 22 22:27:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0642316A542 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:27:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from transwarp.tao.org.uk (transwarp.tao.org.uk [212.135.162.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 090A043D54 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:27:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joe@tao.org.uk) Received: from genius.tao.org.uk (pcp08929796pcs.anapol01.md.comcast.net [68.50.236.43]) by transwarp.tao.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9FDEAAE; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 23:27:07 +0100 (BST) Received: by genius.tao.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 100) id BFFA843EB; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:40:20 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:40:20 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser To: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-ID: <20040621024020.GD757@genius.tao.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Josef Karthauser , Poul-Henning Kamp , current@FreeBSD.org References: <20031119110556.GA83112@genius.tao.org.uk> <62910.1069240357@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+nBD6E3TurpgldQp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <62910.1069240357@critter.freebsd.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-taoresearch-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Tao Research for more information X-taoresearch-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: joe@tao.org.uk cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Using Geom to mirror root partitions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:27:18 -0000 --+nBD6E3TurpgldQp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Poul, I've not been keeping up to date with recent developments. Are we any closer to being able to mirror with geom yet? Joe On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:12:37PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20031119110556.GA83112@genius.tao.org.uk>, Josef Karthauser w= rites: > > > >--RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii > >Content-Disposition: inline > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > >On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 09:42:18AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> In message <20031115014133.GB31237@genius.tao.org.uk>, Josef Karthause= r w=3D > >rites: > >>=3D20 > >> >What's the best way to prepare for this? Should I leave some > >> >unallocated space at the beginning of the disk so that any magic geom > >> >bits can be inserted later? > >>=3D20 > >> Rather: leave a bit free at the end. > >>=3D20 > > > >How much would you recommend I leave? Proportional to the disk size, or > >just enough space for data structures? >=20 > In theory one sector should do fine, but make it a bit more. >=20 > --=20 > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe =20 > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetenc= e. >=20 --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --+nBD6E3TurpgldQp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkDWSpQACgkQXVIcjOaxUBb+IACg6cD6MmrlSmIXwdcfi8T/4XiW IawAnRy1plSeLQ12jKmzCIfdOwuw9cHS =k7oN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+nBD6E3TurpgldQp--