Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 22:06:07 -0700 From: "Richard Johannesson" <rtjohan@syspres.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD5.1 Vinum Mirror root Message-ID: <002001c350d8$20627fb0$3d01a8c0@rjc800>
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Actually there is one other source I found: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/vinum/ Good arcticle, but a little old so I'm guessing it's not appropriate for = Rel 5.1 since vinum setup / support in 5.1 has been improved. Is this a bad assumption? Again, I'm just trying to figure which method is best to setup a = mirrored root drive for FreeBSD 5.1. Thanks again, Richard =20 -----Original Message----- From: Richard Johannesson [mailto:rtjohan@syspres.com]=20 Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:57 PM To: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG' Subject: FreeBSD5.1 Vinum Mirror root Read everything I can find on vinum: vinum website, freebsd = documentation on vinum, and "Complete FreeBSD" section on vinum. Still not sure which = method is correct for setting up a mirrored root drive for a FreeBSD 5.1 = system. The instructions I've found online regarding a vinum root drive, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-root.html= , does not mention any need to first install freebsd on a normal drive and then convert that root drive to a vinum drive. The instructions from the "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey on = installing FreeBSD5.1 on Vinum specifies to 1st do this freebsd install then = convert to vinum. One thing this book mentions is to create the swap directory 1st = so the vinum configuration will be stored in the 1st 265 sectors of the = "swap" slice. Is this second method outdate, or is there simply several ways to = accomplish this task. I'm new to FreeBSD, so setting up vinum seems a little overwhelming. Just trying to mirror a 200GB root drive with another = 200GB drive. Would really appreciate any advice on this matter. Thanks, Richard
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