Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:19:12 -0600 From: "Larry Rosenman" <ler@lerctr.org> To: "'Christoph Schug'" <chris+freebsd-stable@schug.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Gmirror'd SWAP: no dump? Message-ID: <00c301c61cf2$8e9a7b70$68c8a8c0@lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <20060119121602.GC19305@voodoo.schug.net>
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Christoph Schug wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006, Larry Rosenman wrote: > >> All the HOWTO's I've seen have the entire disk mirrored, including >> all the pieces. > > See [1] how to setup a GEOM on a slice basis. You only have to skip > swap and mind the correct /etc/fstab entry. From my experience, it is > best to hardcode all providers using '-h' at all gmirror insert > operations for a slice based setup. > > [1] http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ > > Hope this helps > -cs Would the lack of -h cause gmirror to hang at startup? I'd see the Gmirror code come up, and then the machine would hang. In this kind of setup, I still saw the 'b' partition mirrored. (since I basically Only have da0s1/da1s1). -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3683 US
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