Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 08:38:44 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Christian Caron <christian.caron@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mirroring two data disks (no system files on them) Message-ID: <20050404063844.GF837@darkness.comp.waw.pl> In-Reply-To: <4250A400.50200@videotron.ca> References: <4250A400.50200@videotron.ca>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 10:18:40PM -0400, Christian Caron wrote: +> Hi, +> +> my setup is: +> +> - one disk ad0 (15GB) with FreeBSD 5.3 installed +> - two identical disks ad2 and ad3 (15GB) with no data on it +> +> I just want to have a mirrored data disk (consisting of two identical +> disks). +> +> I found http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/, but it applies for +> mirroring a system disk. +> +> I went through: +> +> gmirror label -v -n -b round-robin gm0s1 /dev/ad3s1 +> gmirror load +> gmirror configure -a gm0s1 +> gmirror insert gm0s1 /dev/ad2s1 +> add 'geom_mirror_load="YES"' in /boot/loader.conf +> +> It loads ok and if I type: +> +> "gmirror list" +> +> I get the "Providers" and "Consumers" list which all looks ok. +> +> But how do I access the mirror? Where can I put my data? +> +> I tried adding /dev/mirror/gm0s1 to /etc/fstab, but it dies when loading... +> +> Any hints? Just to be sure: did you create file system on it? -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCUOD0ForvXbEpPzQRAofbAJ0aNkHkE2/dj0Rg0iJE31SKYJ2xcgCcCTo3 pr2bnfsJeAjsTqqhYw64Crg= =a94H -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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