Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 19:46:35 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: jbryant@unix.tfs.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drive Mirroring Message-ID: <19971129194634.50223@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199711290912.DAA06897@unix.tfs.net>; from Jim Bryant on Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 03:12:18AM -0600 References: <19971129174129.61865@lemis.com> <199711290912.DAA06897@unix.tfs.net>
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On Sat, Nov 29, 1997 at 03:12:18AM -0600, Jim Bryant wrote: > In reply: >>> The disk in the Sun is already pre-partitioned (one big one), and those that >>> be wouldn't let me re-partition it sanely. Hence they wanted the whole >>> disk mirrored, boot and all. >> >> Sounds like SNI. A minimum of 5 partitions on a 1 GB drive, and the >> install utility is set up so that you just *can't* do without any of >> them. > > heh... i know someone who refused to put /opt on his boot drive, and > couldn't figure out why install didn't work right... > > as for your RAID, are you going to do the vold thing, or will it be > more integral? I'll be doing something like vold, though I haven't decided whether I really *need* a daemon running all the time. Raid will be a plex type, along with the standard concatenated and striped kinds. > also, will it be part of the base dist, like ccd is, or a > third-party thing? That's partially for the FreeBSD team to decide, but since it's being funded by a third party, they don't want to release it immediately. They have committed to releasing the code under a Berkeley-like agreement, however. > When will it be testable? Real Soon Now. Maybe January. At least in part. If you're interested, I'll see what I can do. Greg
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