Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:58:52 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hardcoding gmirror provider Message-ID: <20050222235852.GW9291@darkness.comp.waw.pl> In-Reply-To: <20050222234728.GV9291@darkness.comp.waw.pl> References: <16901.26814.588055.457273@satchel.alerce.com> <16902.27236.71619.138367@satchel.alerce.com> <20050206191209.GC1080@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <16902.28195.6589.299894@satchel.alerce.com> <20050211133917.GA45990@engelschall.com> <16923.20768.336451.133236@satchel.alerce.com> <86k6p0mj7x.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050222234728.GV9291@darkness.comp.waw.pl>
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--qZTZQd/MRfnLEAAX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 12:47:28AM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: +> On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 09:29:38PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote: +> +> George Hartzell <hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com> writes: +> +> > I just skimmed through your comment about hardcoding the provider n= ame +> +> > if ad0 and ad0s1 have the same length. +> +>=20 +> +> This wouldn't be a problem if gmirror, gstripe etc. placed metadata at +> +> the start of the provider, like God intended, instead of at the end. +>=20 +> You won't be able to boot from the mirror then. =2E..and metadata at the begining of the provider still doesn't fix 'c' partition problem and 'a' partition which starts at sector 0, which is the default start offset in sysinstall. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --qZTZQd/MRfnLEAAX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCG8c8ForvXbEpPzQRAnlsAJ9iTVtWGDcEVher6QClbnNRZYP+cwCdFIQd wNY6SHSo9ZoPjnt+j5jmNDs= =G+qP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qZTZQd/MRfnLEAAX--
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