Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 15:49:18 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@withagen.nl> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.10 -> 5.3 migration; what happens to vinum volumes? Message-ID: <20041201154918.GE60679@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <41ACF67E.6000000@withagen.nl> References: <20041125205836.GH37244@submonkey.net> <20041130184502.GT60679@submonkey.net> <41ACF67E.6000000@withagen.nl>
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--aSM3KCOUSI0G0tph Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 11:38:54PM +0100, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > Ceri Davies wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 08:58:36PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > > >>I have a 4.10-STABLE machine that I want to migrate to 5.3-STABLE. Most > >>of the bases are covered, but I'm not sure what to expect for my vinum > >>volumes. I don't have anything esoteric (see attached config), but can > >>I just expect "sed -i.bak -e 's/vinum/gvinum/' /etc/fstab" to leave me > >>with working volumes? > > > >Should I take it that nobody knows, or that nobody wants to say? >=20 > From what I've seen on the lists, I'd be carefull to go that route yet=20 > with doing a full backup of all data. > Lets say that gvinum has still rough edges. But then those only get=20 > smoothed out by people taking the leap. >=20 > There have also been raports on succes. So I guess the reason nobody=20 > replied is just because there is no consensus. Also look in the GEOM@=20 > archive for several threads on this topic. OK, that's something at least. Obviously I'll take a backup anyway but I'm trying to cut down time anywhere I can, so knowing that I have some chance of it working is something at least. Thanks. > For my main fileserver I've stopped at 5.1 at this moment. I need to=20 > test more before I go there, but I can't seem to find mucht time lately.= =20 > It that the customers pay the bills for not playing around. :() Damn those customers and their putting-bread-on-the-table ways ;-) Ceri --=20 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) --aSM3KCOUSI0G0tph Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBref+ocfcwTS3JF8RAotzAKDDLzQGqAqF4WHihC7CN2ne1VMIxwCffk7g 1lkrKEhysauuVzveo+3LPlg= =d2hO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aSM3KCOUSI0G0tph--
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