From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Sep 12 22:21: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from canberra.worldwide.lemis.com (CPE-61-9-148-246.vic.bigpond.net.au [61.9.148.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35D7F37B624; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 22:20:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by canberra.worldwide.lemis.com (8.11.6/8.11.1) id f8D5KEo00802; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:20:14 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from grog) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:20:14 +1000 From: Greg Lehey To: Murray Stokely Cc: Bob Van Valzah , doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Bootstrapping Vinum Doc? Message-ID: <20010913152014.A783@canberra.worldwide.lemis.com> References: <3BA01768.2000902@BGPBook.Com> <20010912205708.L9233@windriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20010912205708.L9233@windriver.com>; from murray@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 08:57:08PM -0700 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wednesday, 12 September 2001 at 20:57:08 -0700, Murray Stokely wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 09:18:16PM -0500, Bob Van Valzah wrote: >> I'm working on an an article that describes how to get started with >> vinum. It might make a good addition as an article, and/or perhaps pared >> down as a new section in the handbook following Disks->ccd. >> >> The content is fairly well along, but I still have a lot of work to do >> on the markup. > > Nik, Chern, and I actually spent some time this afternoon looking > through the Disks chapter (now the "Storage" chapter) and one of the > things that became immediately apparent is the huge need for a section > on Vinum. Is there any way that you can post what you've got so that > we can help out with the markup and get this into the tree ASAP? I'm > sure you've heard that we're polishing up the handbook for publication > in the very near future. I've seen a number of attempts at documenting Vinum. Some of them were quite good, but they all had significant errors. If you bring out a new one, please let me take a look at it first. I can't promise to do it quickly, but it's very important not to release it until I do. Incorrect docco never dies. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message