From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 10 16:36:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 730171065769 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:36:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@3dresearch.com) Received: from smtp.3dresearch.com (dorabella.3dresearch.com [66.167.251.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F3A48FC15 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:36:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fracasso.3dresearch.com (pool-72-95-199-91.pitbpa.east.verizon.net [72.95.199.91]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vmail.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD198F76B1; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:36:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from fracasso.3dresearch.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fracasso.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with SMTP id C6B8C5DD8; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:36:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:17:14 -0500 From: Janos Dohanics To: Michael Cardell Widerkrantz Message-Id: <20120210111714.ea903869.web@3dresearch.com> In-Reply-To: <86sjijbyqk.fsf@totoro.hack.org> References: <20120208134259.1da6e837.web@3dresearch.com> <86sjijbyqk.fsf@totoro.hack.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:36:43 -0000 On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:20:03 +0100 Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote: > Janos Dohanics , 2012-02-08 19:42 (+0100): > > > 4. Also, with GPT, one has to be in single user mode to synchronize > > disks - correct? > > I think the guide you linked to: > > http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/1071 > > meant that you have to be in single user mode until you have edited > /etc/fstab to point to the mirror, otherwise you wouldn't boot with > root on the mirror. The synchronization between the disks works fine > in multi-user mode as well. > > I have two 2 TiB disks in gmirror set up just like that. > Synchronization was done running in multi-user. You are right - just removed and then re-inserted a component in one of the mirrors and the mirror synchronized fine in multi-user mode. -- Janos Dohanics