Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:24:44 -0800 From: Danny Howard <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OK, it appears to be running, but what's this?! (gmirror) Message-ID: <41F6C72C.9080400@toldme.com> In-Reply-To: <20050119082319.A17451@Denninger.Net> References: <20050119082319.A17451@Denninger.Net>
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Karl Denninger wrote: >Gen2# bsdlabel /dev/mirror/m0s1 >[...] > >Uh, no, I didn't do that. The original label was put there during >system installation, and I absolutely did not offset "c" > >Is this still ok, or am I asking for a (bogus) hard error some day when the >system attempts access beyond the end of the physical disk? > Karl, From my research, it had looked like the gmirror setup stuff will rearrange your disk a bit to make room for the metadata, and otherwise leave space at the beginning of the disk for various, presumably good reasons. Some spelunking around the archives may score you a more verbose answer. -danny
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