Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 09:25:10 +0100 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> To: Mark van Wouw <mark@vanten.com> Cc: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fresh install on gmirror'ed disks? Message-ID: <20060303082510.GA43895@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> In-Reply-To: <20060303062105.GC49548@vanten.com> References: <20060303032627.7E8D316A423@hub.freebsd.org> <20060303062105.GC49548@vanten.com>
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Hello! > Since you have the luxury of doing this at install time, check out the > instructions at: > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/11/10/FreeBSD_Basics.html?page=1 > > It worked for me and I think it's more like what you want than the > http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200502/diskmirror.html > approach which is good for converting a system to gmirror. Keep in mind that this gives you a mirrored ad0 (or da0), not a mirrored ad0s1 (or da0s1) like Ralf's instructions. So you must replace a failed disk with one of the same size. With Ralf's approach you can get any model of equal or bigger size and just adjust s1 accordingly. HTH, Patrick -- punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Vorholzstr. 25 Tel. 0721 9109 -0 Fax: -100 76137 Karlsruhe http://punkt.de
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