Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 16:14:24 -0700 (MST) From: Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: dxoch <dxoch@escape.gr>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vinum Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101041611290.38145-100000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net> In-Reply-To: <3A54F14C.70C55E78@nisser.com>
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Roelof Osinga wrote: >> dxoch wrote: >> never succeed to use a > Vinum volume as a root >> partition. Is it possible, and how? > Last I looked it was not possible. Forgot the reason why, though. > If interested then try the mailarchive, ought to be in there somewhere. From what I understand, the boot-loader doesn't grok vinum partitions. If you wanted to get really complicated, you could boot from an MD image for your root file-system and re-arrange things so that all the stuff that needs to be dynamic lives on a vinum partition and just use the MD image for booting. Then you're fairly insulated from disk-failure -- root is in memory and /usr + your other data is mirrored. It is a hassle though. Fred -- Fred Clift - fclift@verio.net -- Remember: If brute force doesn't work, you're just not using enough. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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