From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 6 11:30:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D5DD16A44C for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:30:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from igorr@speechpro.com) Received: from speechpro.ru (speech-tech-2.ip.PeterStar.net [81.3.190.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA4943D8C for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2006 11:30:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from igorr@speechpro.com) Received: from [192.168.2.26] (helo=sysadm.stc) by s1.stc with esmtp (Exim 4.53 (FreeBSD)) id 1FRShB-000Muk-Hv for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:30:37 +0400 Received: from igorr by sysadm.stc with local (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1FRSgo-000Ptj-39 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:30:14 +0400 Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:30:14 +0400 From: Igor Robul To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060406113014.GB99512@sysadm.stc> References: <200604061152.56031.work@ashleymoran.me.uk> <20060406110359.GA99455@sysadm.stc> <20060406131232.A58398@chylonia.3miasto.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060406131232.A58398@chylonia.3miasto.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: Igor Robul X-Archived: Yes Subject: Re: Switch from SATA-RAID to gmirror? 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: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:30:49 -0000 On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 01:13:02PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > >On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 11:52:55AM +0100, Ashley Moran wrote: > >>I've just installed a new server with gmirror and I like it. I've got an > >>identical server running on-board RAID currently. Can I split the array > >>in > >>the BIOS, install gmirror on disk 1, reboot, and add the second disk in? > >>Or > > i think - just YES. no problem Also, he need to tweak /etc/fstab before and after he goes to gmirror