Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 18:28:47 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: ste@smxy.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need vinum info/advice, fast. Message-ID: <4086F59F.7080302@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4086E78C.1090008@smxy.org> References: <4086E78C.1090008@smxy.org>
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Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > A client has hired me to do some work, part of which is replacing Red > Hat 9, which is end-of-lifed at the end of this month. I'd convinced him > to let me install FreeBSD, right up until I told him that - to my > knowledge - you cannot trivially set up software raid on FreeBSD, during > install, as you can with Red Hat Linux. > > I'm supposed to build the new server tomorrow. *Is* there any way I can > set up software raid of two ide disks, during install, and for all > partitions? This is just to mirror the system disk, so that we can avoid > downtime, and going to backups in case of a disk failure. If it can be > done, how do I do it? I've never used vinum before, and only know what > it is, but nothing about it. I believe this is still valid: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-root.html -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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