Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:51:56 +0000 From: Johan Hendriks <Johan@double-l.nl> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: glabel, gmirror, and gpart Message-ID: <6C3F8332272B7D4DA26909F15F1C90E1E5B722@SRV01.double-l.local> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK02ZuDyPY11-KZ68X4qKyK1Qp01GKiTWDeVyn_pR2vt4g@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108261843520.2131@wonkity.com> <CA%2BtpaK3ryDtDkzy7NnGHoHpT515MRMOKRhSetnuKZZJEm1-0Eg@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108262121320.2601@wonkity.com>, <CA%2BtpaK02ZuDyPY11-KZ68X4qKyK1Qp01GKiTWDeVyn_pR2vt4g@mail.gmail.com>
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=0A= >On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:= =0A= =0A= > So it's cosmetic, but not really the kind of message that instills=0A= > confidence. gptboot needs to be able to tell if it's reading from a=0A= > gmirror. Or gmirror should provide one block less than it does, so it=0A= > doesn't overwrite the GPT backup.=0A= =0A= I use the whole disk to gmirror setup on all my servers.=0A= =0A= And one day i thought i could try the gpart stuff.=0A= I also saw the message at startup, and disgarded it.=0A= This was on 8.1=0A= =0A= But when i did an upgrade to 8.2 later on, the system could not boot.=0A= So i had to find another way.=0A= =0A= So i would not do it like you do now, it could turn against you in the long= run.=0A= The thing i did was to mirror each partition.=0A= Like so http://unix-heaven.org/node/24=0A= that way it worked.=0A= Do not forget to make your second disk bootable also=0A= =0A= regards,=0A= Johan Hendriks=
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