Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 18:58:50 -0800 From: George Hartzell <hartzell@alerce.com> To: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fresh install on gmirror'ed disks? Message-ID: <17417.618.690291.106171@satchel.alerce.com> In-Reply-To: <20060302233120.GA31584@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> References: <44077E79.2080708@rogers.com> <20060302233120.GA31584@hugo10.ka.punkt.de>
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Patrick M. Hausen writes: > Hello! > > > Is it possible to boot off the install CD, setup a gmirror, and then > > reboot and install on the mirror (and expect things to work ok)? Anyone > > try this? It would be nice if the installer let you do this... > > AFAIK, no. > > Install a minimal system on the first disk, then follow > these instructions: > > http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200502/diskmirror.html > > When the mirror is up and running, cvsup, buildworld, buildkernel, > installkernel, installworld, mergemaster, reboot, enjoy ;-) I think that the instructions in the above mentioned article mildly incorrect in that they enable soft-updates when they newfs the root partition. I just asked a question about this in -stable but haven't heard any commentary. Am I misguided ,or? Thanks, g.
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