From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 21:26:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4F4F16A4EB for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:26:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail6.speakeasy.net (mail6.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B39D943D54 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:26:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 3940 invoked from network); 23 Aug 2004 21:26:32 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 23 Aug 2004 21:26:32 -0000 Received: from [10.50.40.208] (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7NLQHeT089422; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:26:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:16:31 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20040823073559.GP30151@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <200408231146.12972.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040823190541.GS30151@darkness.comp.waw.pl> In-Reply-To: <20040823190541.GS30151@darkness.comp.waw.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200408231716.31321.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Pawel Jakub Dawidek Subject: Re: Mounting root... X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:26:33 -0000 On Monday 23 August 2004 03:05 pm, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 11:46:12AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > +> Why not have mirror create the provider instantly in an degraded state > as soon +> as one disk shows up and then change from degraded back to full > when the +> second disk finally arrives? Isn't this the same case as > someone jerking the +> disk out at run time and then shoving it (or a new > one) back in without +> rebooting? > > If it will be started in degraded mode, it can be mounted and modified > before next components arrive, so there will be a need to rebuild them. How is this different from jerking the disk out of a running system and then shoving it back in again? -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org