Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 19:57:19 +0200 From: "Matthias F. Brandstetter" <haimat@lame.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto software raid under FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200411031857.19970.haimat@lame.at> In-Reply-To: <200411010415.47282.4711@chello.at> References: <200410292355.43148.haimat@lame.at> <200410312333.44999.haimat@lame.at> <200411010415.47282.4711@chello.at>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
---------- quoting Christian Hiris ----------
> If you use the whole disk as provider and your disk has left free 512
> bytes after the end of the last slice, gmirror setup works very easy and
> fast (no need to use dump/restore or dd):
>
> - Boot into the live-filesystem.
> - Do a 'gmirror load' and label your "old" disk with 'gmirror label -v
> ...'. - Mount the (now mirrored) / partition on /mnt.
> - echo 'geom_mirror_load="YES"' >> /mnt/boot/loader.conf
> - echo 'swapoff="YES"' >> /mnt/etc/rc.conf
> - Edit /mnt/etc/fstab to reflect the newly created mirror devices.
> - Reboot.
> - Add a second disk to the mirror: 'gmirror insert -v ...'.
> - If you use gdm replace 'reboot' by 'shutdown -r now'.
thanks for this, it worked liked a charm!
greets, Matthias
--
I don't want to look like a weirdo. I'll just go with a muumuu.
-- Homer Simpson
King-Size Homer
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200411031857.19970.haimat>