Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:09:01 +0100 From: Alexander Haderer <alexander.haderer@charite.de> To: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid vinum questions Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.1.20031210180257.01aadb40@postamt1.charite.de> In-Reply-To: <20031210174614.R64570@pukruppa.net>
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At 17:57 10.12.2003 +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote:
>I have got some old and small SCSI harddisks left.
>1) Can I use vinum to make them look like one big ufs slice (or
> is it more like a partition, which can be sliced)?
Its like a partition/partitions that you newfs and mount like:
mount /dev/vinum/bigdrive /lotofdisks
>2) Can I boot from such a thing, or do I need a seperate disk?
This depends which version of FreeBSD you are using. Older versions need
some tricks, but there is a doc in /usr/share/doc/en/articles/vinum/ which
descibes how to setup this. I am not sure, but 4.9R and/or 5.1R may be able
to boot directly via vinum.
man 4 vinum
man 8 vinum
http://www.vinumvm.org/
>3) Is there some fine manual around, that could be used as a
> starting point for reading? (I had a look at at my copy of
> "The Complete FreeBSD", but I guess I wouldn't ask these
> questions, if I had understood it.)
See above, plus FreeBSD handbook
Alexander
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