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From: Michael Dale <mdale@dalegroup.net>
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To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>
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Cc: Daniel Marsh <daniel@stiw.org>,
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Subject: Re: Bootstrapping Raid 5 w/GEOM
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Norberto Meijome wrote:
> So, should I
> 1) Boot up with Disc 1, install minimal config, reboot
> 2) setup GEOM RAID 5 on all the discs ?
> 3) edit fstab to point to /dev/[what??]/[what else] instead of 
> /ad0s1[abef] ?
> 

When I installed GEOM for a RAID 1 setup I did the following:

Install FreeBSD on ad0
Boot CD and run fixit mode
Setup GEOM and change fstab to gm0

Linky:
http://dannyman.toldme.com/2005/01/24/freebsd-howto-gmirror-system/


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