From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 9 10:47:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1587416A420; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:47:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from lerami.lerctr.org (lerami.lerctr.org [192.147.25.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E32A43D46; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:47:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lerami; d=lerctr.org; b=H6U2Hk/2iZ9HQzWqWiaojHkLT/vyDD2lhleUIoYOzkuHBD7j5Y3UjP/u3EfYSjj7bqei9wZDvD5gDc/UDtEpA7sCAkJT23yVF4DG4wEitMvMF+Pi+FN0kB8z8Rw1NA62uyIFKWM19vptOknw+epW4yyH/p7ZtA5zys74otiuCNc=; Received: from ppp-70-129-203-173.dsl.austtx.swbell.net ([70.129.203.173]:1967 helo=lerlaptop) by lerami.lerctr.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FHIfY-0005fu-9X; Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:47:00 -0600 From: "Larry Rosenman" To: "'Ruslan Ermilov'" , "'Dmitry Morozovsky'" Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 04:46:44 -0600 Message-ID: <022c01c64366$c8638b90$65c8a8c0@lerctr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 Thread-Index: AcZDWekvT2hE7+aCQ9i+WKCE83iPJgADLJGg In-Reply-To: <20060309091300.GN54826@ip.net.ua> X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-LERCTR-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8 BAYES_00=-2.599 DK_POLICY_SIGNALL=0.001 X-LERCTR-Spam-Report: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8 BAYES_00=-2.599 DK_POLICY_SIGNALL=0.001 DomainKey-Status: no signature Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, 'Pawel Jakub Dawidek' , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/sys/geom/mirror g_mirror.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:47:02 -0000 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 12:56:07PM +0300, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: >> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: >> >>> Modified files: >>> sys/geom/mirror g_mirror.c >>> Log: >>> Allow to dump kernel to gmirror providers. >>> Some conditions have to be met to make it work properly. This >>> will be described in the manual page. >> >> Thanks a lot! So I save one partition (d) I'd usually dedicated for >> crashdumps only when I use gmirror from now on. >> > YMMV of course, but at work we prefer to mirror slices not disks. > This way it's much more flexible -- you can have mirrored root, > unmirrored swap, stripped+mirrored data, etc. > > > Cheers, I was having issues where mirroring slices wouldn't always boot (earlier RELENG_6). Since the box is remote, it was just easier to mirror the disks. I'm waiting with baited breath for this to make it to RELENG_6 so I can see how it deals. LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 512-248-2683 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3683 US