Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:08:40 +0100 From: Peter Maloney <peter.maloney@brockmann-consult.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dog Food <tm> Message-ID: <4EE08CA8.1060506@brockmann-consult.de> In-Reply-To: <db74f8d666f407c885240db3cab882cc@rulez.sk> References: <1323208265.19452.15.camel@hitfishpass-lx.corp.yahoo.com> <db74f8d666f407c885240db3cab882cc@rulez.sk>
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On 12/08/2011 09:35 AM, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:51:05 -0800, Sean Bruno wrote: >> Was trying to use gmirror(4) or zfs(4) today to get a machine in the >> cluster setup with s/w raid and was completely flummoxed by the >> intricacies of manual setup. Chances are, I just am not smart enough to >> wind my way though the various how tos and wiki pages that I've been >> browsing to get the job done. > > Why using gmirror under zfs, when zfs itself supports software raid? > >> If someone wants to work on modifying bsdinstaller to do s/w raid via >> one of these mechanisms, clusteradm@ can provide you a two disk SATA >> machine that can be used for this purpose. >> >> Sean > And what problems did you run into? This guide worked for me: http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror (but the "zfs create ..." part was too much typing, so I did it with a script that I added to the CD) -------------------------------------------- Peter Maloney Brockmann Consult Max-Planck-Str. 2 21502 Geesthacht Germany Tel: +49 4152 889 300 Fax: +49 4152 889 333 E-mail: peter.maloney@brockmann-consult.de Internet: http://www.brockmann-consult.de --------------------------------------------
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