Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 18:01:41 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'jakob@ostenfeld.dk'" <jakob@ostenfeld.dk>, Freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Vinum boot support Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105B21@site2s1>
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Quite technically I belive all you NEED is / /root /boot and /etc on your
bootable volume. Once the system loads the kernel and mounts the rest you
should be fine.
What I have is / on one partition and /usr is the vinum volume. My /var,
/home, /src, & /tmp are all symlinked back to the /usr volume.
-Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jakob@ostenfeld.dk [SMTP:jakob@ostenfeld.dk]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 5:39 PM
> To: Freebsd-questions
> Subject: Re: Vinum boot support
>
> 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,
>
> ................................................................
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>
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