From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 12:19:16 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 A88DE16A420 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:19:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from lerami.lerctr.org (lerami.lerctr.org [192.147.25.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE1643D49 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:19:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lerami; d=lerctr.org; b=llNs0m2WFwUJSJFWTNhOCivne1zBW7DfnBnTKq+QpFcite2YjqsvdGn5H1+oXUKyYpW4Px5u7rOnF/wmoNphI4ZQNZgEnUYifHD7pxKKsGFIvoDWq9vICiozSr3ZLGRXdH6qgn/v3W0fMbr5tRJXOJcSIveIsJOovmNUVLKfzbA=; Received: from ppp-70-129-200-204.dsl.austtx.swbell.net ([70.129.200.204]:2829 helo=lerlaptop) by lerami.lerctr.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1EzYkz-0005er-70; Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:19:15 -0600 From: "Larry Rosenman" To: "'Christoph Schug'" Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:19:12 -0600 Message-ID: <00c301c61cf2$8e9a7b70$68c8a8c0@lerctr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <20060119121602.GC19305@voodoo.schug.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 Thread-Index: AcYc8iZ8XCxge4tmRAKIlsa1QqGysAAACWcw X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-LERCTR-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8 BAYES_00=-2.599 DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME=0.001 X-LERCTR-Spam-Report: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8 BAYES_00=-2.599 DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME=0.001 DomainKey-Status: no signature Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Gmirror'd SWAP: no dump? 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: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:19:16 -0000 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