From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 3 22:15:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB6A1065670 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:15:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from smtp2.mc.surewest.net (qsmtp.mc.surewest.net [66.60.130.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9DF758FC22 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:15:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: (qmail 4758 invoked from network); 3 Jul 2009 15:05:31 -0700 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 4753, pid: 4755, t: 1.6517s scanners: regex: 1.1.0 attach: 1.1.0 spam: 3.1.7-deb X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on smtp2.surewest.net. X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.7-deb X-Spam-CMAE-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=gLVHMzDRtJIA:10 a=jDt-9pEAAAAA:8 a=HVd8IDvhpCVG7Y3xPYAA:9 a=yYwDCkY-k4XZFpOFES4A:7 a=xSWgmz8OuNRQT7sRYpG9VxGLLKMA:4 Received: from unknown (HELO blacklamb.mykitchentable.net) (69.62.230.77) by smtp2 with SMTP; 3 Jul 2009 15:05:30 -0700 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 426B9165C2E; Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:15:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mykitchentable.net; s=default; t=1246659335; bh=IUdKFgqH/On2wHHMIaidIl4HupqxhEjvTNpF/Vq+ix4=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=xZ59PN6k7qf5wv0yzwlxk2FdHJpWlOaqSV8N6l9eYlzpG3/bLTkD+WcaHCAMpR9E6 wPy5qLnXBSvw7qQwrymMx0NZrwzNZpYpRwxg4l0x1zLfcbDKfb+xlidfmOexRN+2Sq y1/ixcRlnttyUtMzntJixJwMIqJteBhcz72b/dTM= Message-ID: <4A4E82FC.3000802@mykitchentable.net> Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:15:24 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <4A4E5669.8070308@mykitchentable.net> <20090703220406.d07ca7b4.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090703-0, 07/03/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Cc: Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fix It CD, bsdlabel, and /dev? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:15:39 -0000 Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> However /dev/ad6s1a and /dev/ad8s1a do not exist. I do have entries >>> such >>> as /dev/ad6a and/dev/ad8a but gmirror doesn't like those. What must >>> I do >>> the get them to show after I've labeled? >> >> If you have /dev/ad[68]a, it indicates that you haven't created a >> slice on those disks, instead you created one partition (a) on >> each of the disks. > > there is completely NO REASON to create slices at all, unless you want > to use windoze on the same drive. > > i don't have slices on any of my FreeBSD systems I must admit I am confused by slices and partitions. I only want to use FreeBSD on this box. It has 4 drives detected as follows: ad6 - 750 GB ad8 - 500 GB ad12 - 500 GB ad14 - 500 GB My thought is to break the disks up as so: ad6 a: 500M b: 500M d: 465G e: 225G (rest of drive) ad8 a: 500M b: 500M d: 465G (rest of drive) ad12 b: 1000M d: 465G (rest of drive) ad14 b: 1000M d: 465G (rest of drive) Then to install, I want to use gmirror and zfs as so: / - mirror ad6a and ad8a swap - all the b: partitions (if that's the right term) for a total of 3 GB swap. zfs - make a raid1z zpool with ad6d, ad8d, ad12d, and ad14d. in this pool I will create /usr and /var ad6e will just be extra space for some other use. So does my plan make sense? And if so, how can I best accomplish it? Thanks, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com