From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 14:04:33 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9524216A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:04:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E70DB43D1D for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:04:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from cochise.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.57]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id E5B32F7E7 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:04:31 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:04:31 -0600 From: Ken Gunderson To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20050426080431.578642c8.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <20050426085330.T583@dru.domain.org> References: <20050426085330.T583@dru.domain.org> Organization: Teamcool Networks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.6 (GTK+ 2.6.4; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: offset 16 at bsdlabel step of gmirror config X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:04:33 -0000 On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:02:35 -0400 (EDT) Dru wrote: > > I've found Ralf's tutorial on configuring gmirror and have read through > the threads on this list. But I'm still unsure of the bsdlabel step > when configuring gmirror. > > I know partition a is supposed to be offset 16 instead of 0. When I change > it, I get this message: > > partitions a and b overlap! > > If I bump up b's offset by 16, that message goes away, but I still have > this one: > > bsdlabel: partition c doesn't cover the whole unit! > > I get the same message if I bump up all the offsets (except c) by 16. > > Should I: > > 1. just bump a's offset up by 16 and ignore error messages? > 2. bump a and b's offsets up by 16 and assume error message on c is due to > sysinstall bug and can be ignored? > 3. bump up all the offsets by 16 (except for c which shouldn't be touched) > and ignore error message about c > > Dru When you increase partition a's offset by 16 you ALSO need to subtract 16 from the size of partition a. Not doing so was what was causing partitiona a and b to overlap. That's the simplest way anyhow. Have fun. -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson GPG Key-- 9F5179FD "Freedom begins between the ears." -- Edward Abbey