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Date:      Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:22:36 -0500
From:      "Stephen Hoover" <shooverfbn@442spot.com>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Questions about vinum and failure of root partition
Message-ID:  <004d01c23dca$0f6f0f60$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> <20020807001830.GV45553@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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Subject: Re: Questions about vinum and failure of root partition


> >> 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.

Ok, I'm with ya - I just didn't make myself clear. When I stated "some vinum
info is on the other drive" what I meant was the second drive's copy. Which
if you have a copy on drive1 and a copy on drive 2, then drive 2's copy is
some to me :) Sorry for that confusion - and thanks for clearing it all up
for me!
Even if I am still not making myself clear, I do believe I understand what
you
are saying.

Stephen Hoover
Dallas, Texas



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