Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:48:30 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Stephen Hoover <shooverfbn@442spot.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Questions about vinum and failure of root partition Message-ID: <20020807001830.GV45553@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <000f01c23d70$0209bfa0$6602a8c0@swbell.net> References: <023801c23cc0$61cbaa80$320210ac@dcicorp.com> <20020806010049.GP83171@wantadilla.lemis.com> <002f01c23cf3$ccc2c070$6602a8c0@swbell.net> <20020806025655.GH86771@wantadilla.lemis.com> <000f01c23d70$0209bfa0$6602a8c0@swbell.net>
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On Tuesday, 6 August 2002 at 12:37:59 -0500, Stephen Hoover wrote: >>> Hmmm ok, I must be missing something here. Let's say I had /usr >>> and /home mirrored. Now the root partition (that is the boot partition) >>> is NOT mirrored and the first drive fails. (wiping out the FreeBSD >>> config altogether.) >> >> What do you mean by "FreeBSD config"? >> > By that I mean all of / is gone - so essentially all of the FreeBSD install > is gone - i.e. FreeBSD will not boot up and run upon failure of the first > drive. It sounds like (from previous emails) that some vinum info is on > the second drive and I should be able to regenerate the mirror set from > the second drive. (After I have reinstalled/repartitioned FreeBSD correctly > of course.) I will have to test this and see how it works exactly for > myself. No, you're still misunderstanding. *every* Vinum volume contains the Vinum configuration (which has nothing to do with a FreeBSD config). As long as you have at least one drive, you have the configuration, and it knows about the other disks, but (obviously) not where they are. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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