From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 10:05:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A350F16A41C for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:05:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7EB243D45 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:05:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [10.1.1.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6IA4gBS078056 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:04:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6IA42J7089288 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:04:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j6IA42Yx056436; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:04:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j6IA3s8S056435; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:03:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:03:54 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Angus MacGyver Message-ID: <20050718100353.GH53035@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <1121674263.5897.5.camel@falcon.calibre-solutions.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1121674263.5897.5.camel@falcon.calibre-solutions.co.uk> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.2-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Report: * -4.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on cicely12.cicely.de Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vinum + AXP + 5.4.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:05:05 -0000 On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 09:11:03AM +0100, Angus MacGyver wrote: > OK.. > > Prolly a "Silly question" here.. > I wish to install 5.4 on a LX164 mobo, as I have done in the past.... > > Just one thing, I now have two 18GB hdd's (scsi) and want to use vinum. > The manual states that I cannot install onto a vinum disk, fine.... > It also says to get around that you install first, using swap as the > first partition.... trouble is, when i try that from sysinstall it sys > that I will break things as the AXP architecture cannot understand > booting from anything that the first lump on the drive... > > So, resorting to my friend google, there isn't exactly a wealth of info > coming back to help.. > > Anyone got any pointers ? (or even a howto?) Use gmirror - it stores bookkeeping data at the end, so it shouldn't be a problem with booting. The overall state with vinum/gvinum under FreeBSD-5 and up is not very good. In fact I keep two machine - one an alpha - on very old OS versions just because they have big vinum partitions. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de