From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 16 14:31:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1ED14D7F for ; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 14:31:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id JAA48399; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:01:25 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:01:24 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Tony Wells Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding vinum Message-ID: <19991217090124.H46720@freebie.lemis.com> References: <38592D93.ABAD9EB1@journalstar.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <38592D93.ABAD9EB1@journalstar.com> WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thursday, 16 December 1999 at 12:21:07 -0600, Tony Wells wrote: > I have a server which I would like to increase the availability of. I > want to add a second hard disk to machine to mirror the data of the > previously installed disk. I could mount the drive and periodically > 'dd' the data but this seems inelegant and expensive. > > So my questions: > Can I add a second hard drive and install it as a mirror drive using > vinum, or am I too late, having already partitioned the first drive? > (There's already data on the partitions.) Currently you can't do that. It's one of the things I'm thinking of doing, but don't hold your breath. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message