Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:54:33 -0600 From: Craig Boston <craig@feniz.gank.org> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> Subject: Re: Fresh install on gmirror'ed disks? Message-ID: <20060303215433.GA26907@nowhere> In-Reply-To: <4408A8C1.3060303@rogers.com> References: <44077E79.2080708@rogers.com> <200603030545.45427.joao@matik.com.br> <4408607C.9040703@rogers.com> <200603031726.02094.joao@matik.com.br> <4408A8C1.3060303@rogers.com>
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On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 03:36:17PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote: > What are you talking about? I think its time to brush up on your english > reading and writing skills. It takes much more work, time, and > complexity to 1) boot cd and install os 2) reboot to os and follow a > complex procedure to setup geom based raid than it does to 1) boot cd, > make gmirror with installer, install os. Well, honestly, someone who is knowledgeable enough to set up a complex _bootable_ geom based raid on an existing install would probably find it easier to do what I usually do: 1) Boot install CD and go to fixit mode 2) Set up RAID the way I want 3) Do a manual install by extracting the packages onto the new filesystem That avoids the intermediate install and the hassle of migrating partitions around. That said, I think it might be a good idea to have a few simple RAID configurations in the installer -- say a full-disk mirror or something relatively fool-resistant. I'm sure patches would be welcome if anyone wants to step up :) Craig
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