Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 01:05:14 +0100 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: requesting vinum help Message-ID: <9137677687.20031126010514@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <3FC387EC.5020804@centtech.com> References: <360351187.1069749585@[192.168.1.20]> <3FC387EC.5020804@centtech.com>
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>> Could a vinum guru please contact me via email? >> >> I've lost 2 vinum volumes as a result of the latest fiasco and naturally >> am eager to figure out what's going on and recover the data. EA> This isn't necessarily directed at you - I'm just using this email as a EA> footstep to send this general comment - EA> I am kind of under the assumption that -current is more of a test bed, EA> and anything can happen at any time, which is why it's bad to run EA> -current on a machine you care deeply about (at least its data). I EA> think I've seen at least 5 mails in the past few weeks about people EA> getting jammed into a corner with (what sounds like) production type EA> boxes, or at least important boxes (or they wouldn't need a vinum?) There is the point! If no-one would ever take the risk of running -current on a bigger, more important box no-one would have the capabilities to test vinum and other large scale stuff in realistic environments. No my suggestion is to help those (brave) guys rather than screaming: "Fool, don't you know it's -current!?" The not so good point about the original request is that he is looking for private assistance, while the problem and - even more - the solution of it might be very interesting to all of us (more than much of the other ongoing threads, for sure). EA> .. It seems odd to me that they wouldn't give it a whirl first EA> before attempting to use it on a box they seem so protective of. EA> Anyway, I'm just stating that running -current is for testing and EA> developing, not really for production - at least I'm fairly certain. There's the magic keyword again: testing! Who should do it if not guys like him? If vinum had crossed my way before, I'd try to help - sorry. -- Best regards, Max mailto:max@love2party.net
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