From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Apr  3 08:42:59 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B33D16A400
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon,  3 Apr 2006 08:42:59 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from Stephan.Zaubzer@schendl.at)
Received: from mail.schendl.at (mail.schendl.at [62.99.157.244])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D69A443D58
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon,  3 Apr 2006 08:42:58 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from Stephan.Zaubzer@schendl.at)
Received: from [10.0.0.14] ([10.0.0.14]) by mail.schendl.at over TLS secured
	channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); 
	Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:42:55 +0200
Message-ID: <4430E00F.3070206@schendl.at>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:42:55 +0200
From: Stephan Zaubzer <stephan.zaubzer@schendl.at>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Apr 2006 08:42:56.0011 (UTC)
	FILETIME=[9A7995B0:01C656FA]
Subject: Root on vinum volume on freebsd6.0/sparc64
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:42:59 -0000

Hi!
Is here a way to place the root partition of freebsd in a mirrored vinum 
volume? I have read tutorials which explain the procedure in more or 
less detail, but all the tutorials seem to deal with the x86 version. 
For example the tutorials assume that freebsd is installed on a slice 
and that the first 8 sectors of this slice contain the bootstrap. And it 
tells you to move some partitions a few sectors.
On sparc64 I did neither succeed to create overlapping partitions nor is 
there the possibility to shift a partition a few sectors (to leave space 
for the vinum configuration data). Has anyone experience with a root 
partition on a vinum volume on sparc64?
Regards
Stephan