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Subject: Re: Using Geom to mirror root partitions? 
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In message <20031115014133.GB31237@genius.tao.org.uk>, Josef Karthauser writes:

>What's the best way to prepare for this?  Should I leave some
>unallocated space at the beginning of the disk so that any magic geom
>bits can be inserted later?

Rather:  leave a bit free at the end.

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