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Date:      Mon, 23 Dec 2002 09:54:27 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Hari Bhaskaran <subscr@spider.netmails.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Q on vinum HOWTO org.netbase.org/vinum-mirrored
Message-ID:  <20021222232427.GD95354@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021222123141.A5009@spider.netmails.net>
References:  <20021222123141.A5009@spider.netmails.net>

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On Sunday, 22 December 2002 at 12:31:41 -0600, Hari Bhaskaran wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to follow the HOWTO at
> http://org.netbase.org/vinum-mirrored.html
> It says under "Fresh installation of FreeBSD"
> section, second line,
>
> "Then install the bootmanager only for the first disk"
>
> why is that? I am trying to follow "Case 2" (explained in
> the para just above the refered section). Is it a typo?
> Did he mean only for case 1?
>
> If bootmanager is not installed for the second disk,
> how will it boot if the first one fails?

Correct, you need a bootstrap for each disk from which you might want
to boot.

Greg
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