Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:17:38 -0800 From: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror on 7B4 Message-ID: <20080102041738.kpdwhe4ft0ksg4k8@webmail.1command.com> In-Reply-To: <477B63A9.2090106@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20080102002651.r72jwx0pgk4000c8@webmail.1command.com> <477B63A9.2090106@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Hello, and thank you for your reply... Quoting Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Chris H. wrote: >> Where is the option to create, and install to a gMIRRORED drive-set? >> If not, why? >> If not, it possible to install to one drive, mirror all available drives >> with >> the data on the installed drive? > > sysinstall does not provide any simple method of setting up a > gmirror RAID-1 itself, but it is fairly easy to escape from the > installer and type in a few shell commands to set such a thing up. > > There are instructions here: > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/11/10/FreeBSD_Basics.html Hah! That's funny. I just picked up a copy of "The Complete FreeBSD 4th edition" the other day. But haven't had an opportunity to read it yet. Guess I'd better get to it. :) > > Yes, you can convert a drive with a plain vanilla install of FreeBSD on > it into part of a gmirror setup easily and without having to worry about > rebuilding filesystems. > Seems so. But if you've got much data, and don't have a DVD, or tape magazine on it. You'll need to do the operation (likely) over NFS, and likely requiring a couple of re-boots. As I look at this (gmirror at sysinstall time) closer, it occurs to me that it wouldn't be very difficult to implement response script that asked questions for a basic gmirror setup that would encompass all drives available (seen/understood) and offered to create: swap / /boot /usr /var and simply asked how big the slices should be made. Just a thought. Thanks again for the response. Chris > Cheers, > > Matthew > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHe2Op8Mjk52CukIwRCHlZAJ4njIkbhvqNu1b/KmonuuFIfmr6WgCfet5g > C25NHpDKIPfUYLFU6ay9T08= > =jvLD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- panic: kernel trap (ignored)
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