From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 15 12:37:36 2005 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 EF95516A41C for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:37:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@HiWAAY.net) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6269143D49 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 12:37:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@HiWAAY.net) Received: (qmail 19359 invoked by uid 0); 15 Jul 2005 12:37:34 -0000 Received: from user-69-73-60-132.knology.net (HELO ?10.0.0.6?) (69.73.60.132) by smtp7.knology.net with SMTP; 15 Jul 2005 12:37:34 -0000 In-Reply-To: <38171.1121430073@thrush.ravenbrook.com> References: <38171.1121430073@thrush.ravenbrook.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v733) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <39A8511F-BD53-4E22-BA27-AA05BF991BC7@HiWAAY.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Kelly Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 07:37:32 -0500 To: Nick Barnes X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.733) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: better disk reliability on a desktop machine 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, 15 Jul 2005 12:37:37 -0000 On Jul 15, 2005, at 7:21 AM, Nick Barnes wrote: > 1. RAID mirror filesystem questions: > > 1a: should this be vinum? I have read and can follow the handbook > instructions for a vinum root filesystem. In my opinion its a fine thing that the root boot filesystem can be vinum. However its just not quite something I think is proper. There are a few select files on the root filesystem which are unique to your system, everything else exists elsewhere such as on your installation CDROM. When you go to build your new filesystem keep a list of the files you tweak. Suggest placing it in /root/important_file_list. Be sure to list the important file list in your important file list. tar -cvzf /home/myaccount/backups/today.tar.gz -T /root/ important_file_list Size /usr sufficient for OS and application space but don't place critical data there. Make /home your redundant mirror and put everything critical there. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.