From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 29 01:16:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA19421 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 01:16:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA19410 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 01:16:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id TAA00991; Sat, 29 Nov 1997 19:46:37 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19971129194634.50223@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 19:46:35 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: jbryant@unix.tfs.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drive Mirroring References: <19971129174129.61865@lemis.com> <199711290912.DAA06897@unix.tfs.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199711290912.DAA06897@unix.tfs.net>; from Jim Bryant on Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 03:12:18AM -0600 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 03:12:18AM -0600, Jim Bryant wrote: > In reply: >>> The disk in the Sun is already pre-partitioned (one big one), and those that >>> be wouldn't let me re-partition it sanely. Hence they wanted the whole >>> disk mirrored, boot and all. >> >> Sounds like SNI. A minimum of 5 partitions on a 1 GB drive, and the >> install utility is set up so that you just *can't* do without any of >> them. > > heh... i know someone who refused to put /opt on his boot drive, and > couldn't figure out why install didn't work right... > > as for your RAID, are you going to do the vold thing, or will it be > more integral? I'll be doing something like vold, though I haven't decided whether I really *need* a daemon running all the time. Raid will be a plex type, along with the standard concatenated and striped kinds. > also, will it be part of the base dist, like ccd is, or a > third-party thing? That's partially for the FreeBSD team to decide, but since it's being funded by a third party, they don't want to release it immediately. They have committed to releasing the code under a Berkeley-like agreement, however. > When will it be testable? Real Soon Now. Maybe January. At least in part. If you're interested, I'll see what I can do. Greg