From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 6 10:32:46 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 927E537B401 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:32:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A297943EB2 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:32:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@freebsd.org) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h06IWZHj021687; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 19:32:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@freebsd.org) To: Nate Lawson Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mirrored root fs? From: phk@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Jan 2003 10:27:21 PST." Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 19:32:35 +0100 Message-ID: <21686.1041877955@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Nate Lawson wri tes: >I'd like to have a mirrored root partition. I tried ccd(4) but the boot >blocks couldn't find the fs. Any idea how much work it would take to >enable booting a ccd root? Also, does vinum already support this? The best way to do this is to get a cheap ATA raid controller (I use a promise). That way the bios can load your OS if a mirror side drops. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message