From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 3 14:38:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nevald.k-net.dk (nevald.k-net.dtu.dk [130.225.71.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2129D14BE9 for ; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 14:38:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jakob@ostenfeld.dtu.dk) Received: (qmail 14420 invoked from network); 3 Aug 1999 21:36:34 -0000 Received: from gw-ostenfeld.k-net.dk (HELO klovborg.ostenfeld.dk) (qmailr@192.38.208.78) by nevald.k-net.dtu.dk with SMTP; 3 Aug 1999 21:36:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 1901 invoked from network); 3 Aug 1999 21:39:10 -0000 Received: from oestergaard.ostenfeld.dtu.dk (HELO ostenfeld.dtu.dk) (qmailr@192.38.216.221) by gw-ostenfeld.k-net.dk with SMTP; 3 Aug 1999 21:39:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 31007 invoked by uid 500); 3 Aug 1999 21:39:09 -0000 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 23:39:08 +0200 From: jakob@ostenfeld.dk To: Freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Vinum boot support Message-ID: <19990803233908.B30831@ostenfeld.dk> Mail-Followup-To: Freebsd-questions References: <19990803231512.A30831@ostenfeld.dk> <37A75F34.DCF75CD7@bulinfo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4us In-Reply-To: <37A75F34.DCF75CD7@bulinfo.net>; from Iani Brankov on Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 12:29:24AM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 12:29:24AM +0300, Iani Brankov wrote: > jakob@ostenfeld.dk wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > I want to run RAID-1 on those disks, and I'm pretty sure I > > can do that with Vinum. However, it's not clear to me whether > > I can make the system boot on the logical RAID-1 volume. > > > > Is it possible ? How ? > > I don't think so. There must be vinum support in your boot code to > load the kernel from a vinum volume. It's something impossible for > now. Darn... But thanks for the answer :) Being a FreeBSD newbie I'd like to ask: How much of the system would be needed for booting up ? That is, how much of the system do I _have_ to keep on a non-volume ? Obviously I'd like to have as much as possible on RAID-1. > You may use 'SOFTUPDATES' on your filesystems. Or better get 3rd disk > for the system you build. How does soft-updates affect the filesystem stability ? If the machine looses power before/during/after a fsync(), what are the consequences of using soft updates ? Best regards, ................................................................ : jakob@ostenfeld.dtu.dk : And I see the elder races, : :.........................: putrid forms of man : : Jakob Østergaard : See him rise and claim the earth, : : OZ9ABN : his downfall is at hand. : :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message