Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:21:07 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Robin Breathe <robin+spam@isometry.net> Cc: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gmirror problems Message-ID: <20041112222107.GP8120@darkness.comp.waw.pl> In-Reply-To: <41950935.2010103@isometry.net> References: <200411081140.57792.michael.riexinger@de.clara.net> <20041108120513.GH11057@calleigh.elde.net> <20041108124606.GC8120@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <200411081540.05593.michael.riexinger@de.clara.net> <20041108164540.GF8120@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <41950935.2010103@isometry.net>
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--l7itP/1EBO9PCc/O Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 07:04:21PM +0000, Robin Breathe wrote: +> Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: +> >Unfortunately, gmirror and other GEOM classes are not supported by our +> >installer. +> > +> >The safest way to do what you want is to: +> > +> > # gmirror label <name> ad1 +> > create slices and partitions on /dev/mirror/<name> +> > create file system +> > copy data from ad0 to <name> +> > change /etc/fstab to boot from /dev/mirror/<name>s1a or something +> > reboot +> > # gmirror insert <name> ad0 +>=20 +> Are any nasty side-effects likely from slicing and newfs-ing ad1 prior= =20 +> to labelling the mirror? For example, could the gmirror metadata get=20 +> overwritten at some later stage by writing to the end of the last slice? In theory it is possible, yes, but I doubt you can see it in practise. You can also see some complains that slices are too big, because gmirror cuts the last sectors from the component provider. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.FreeBSD.org pjd@FreeBSD.org http://garage.freebsd.pl FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --l7itP/1EBO9PCc/O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBlTdTForvXbEpPzQRAvm1AJ9UnZpxoGVIQvwnTMjTYCd3hwLWdwCgrxoa OjIIZXncn77zwajaBFiFFGs= =vlJ/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --l7itP/1EBO9PCc/O--
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