Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:19:16 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD onto Vinum-volumes? Message-ID: <877k69z5p7.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> In-Reply-To: <61117392.1058975488@[10.122.7.157]> (Eivind Olsen's message of "Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:51:28 %2B0200") References: <61117392.1058975488@[10.122.7.157]>
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--=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2003-07-23T13:51:28Z, Eivind Olsen <eivind@aminor.no> writes: > There's no data on the disks that I want/have to keep. Is it at all > possible to configure Vinum and then install FreeBSD or will I have to > install FreeBSD first and then "convert" to Vinum-volumes by manually > editing the disklabel (with bsdlabel), calculating offsets etc.? I've had great success with configuring an initial tiny partition as '/' and doing a minimal installation (and I mean *minimal*, as in, there's nothing else you can remove and still have it boot). The first step after booting the new system is then configuring vinum, adding volumes for /usr, /var, and so on, and moving the (small!) amount of data from the "physical" filesystem to their vinum counterparts. Once that's up, I do a more complete install with /stand/sysinstall. Out of curiosity, what offsets have you had to calculate? =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/Hpln5sRg+Y0CpvERAq95AJsER3j4LmTyGY0OaWIksbYY1VBb1gCgjFm6 6PpMzUNmmYDaaAt2pbllZxY= =hJRn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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