From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 26 17:38:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C0F16A509 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:38:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2309844623 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:15:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5QHFaBL089683; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:15:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 61A65B89C; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:15:36 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:15:36 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Sven Willenberger Message-ID: <20060626171536.GA16235@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Sven Willenberger , freebsd-stable References: <1151338928.2186.4.camel@lanshark.dmv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1151338928.2186.4.camel@lanshark.dmv.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: vinum to gvinum help X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:38:43 -0000 --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 12:22:07PM -0400, Sven Willenberger wrote: > I have an i386 system currently running 5.2.1-RELEASE with a vinum > mirror array (2 drives comprising /usr ). I want to upgrade this to > 5.5-RELEASE which, if I understand correctly, no longer supports vinum > arrays. Would simply chaning /boot/loader.conf to read gvinum_load > instead of vinum_load work or would the geom layer prevent this from > working properly? If not, is there a recommended way of upgrading a > vinum array to a gvinum or gmirror array? Lost of things have changed between 5.2.1 and 5.5. I think it would be best to make a backup and do a clean reinstall. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEoBY4EnfvsMMhpyURAmX2AJ0SqrJknPI0YcfIV5692h7QGuRn6wCePB+S DLTmlF3JDh/nu8Qt0z/4vAM= =R2T1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mP3DRpeJDSE+ciuQ--