Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:20:21 -0400 From: "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> To: "'Erich Dollansky'" <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: gpart Message-ID: <006801ce2edb$a9e3fed0$fdabfc70$@thenetnow.com> In-Reply-To: <20130401085447.5f7bef64@X220.ovitrap.com> References: <004301ce2e78$3e274fc0$ba75ef40$@thenetnow.com> <20130401085447.5f7bef64@X220.ovitrap.com>
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-----Original Message----- From: Erich Dollansky [mailto:erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com] Sent: March-31-13 9:55 PM To: Grant Peel Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gpart Hi, On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:28:40 -0400 "Grant Peel" <gpeel@thenetnow.com> wrote: > I am in the midst of setting up the framework for new servers using > FreeBSD 9.1. I used the bsdinstall and Manual`` option when setting up > the disk geometry using GPT - graphical setup. > > The idea will be to eventually dump the 4 file systems, (/, /usr /var > and /home) and restore them on other servers when the time comes. > using a separated home is a very good idea. > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html I have had only one problem with this description. I could not boot from a GPT setup on my machine done as described there. But I have a disk done with PCBSD based on 9.0 which booted well. I cannot tell you if this is a problem caused by a later chance on the side of FreeBSD. > Which worked well. But as yet I do not have dumps to test with. If all worked well for you, I do not see any problems coming for you then. > > I was wondering in anyone sees any issues creating the drive geometry > using this method, with the intent of restoring dumped filesystems to > to, including the root filesystem. I have some drives which partitioning I did according to this. The only problem I have is booting. The rest is all working perfectly. > > I am yet to use 9.1 to do so, so any tips would be appreciated. > If you want this for serious servers, you might even consider 8.3, if your hardware is supported. Nothing beats the robustness of the older FreeBSD versions. Erich Interesting. Up to this point I have always upgraded to the latest release version of FreeBSD. I am currently running 8.0 and am in need of many of the ports to be upgraded, and have never had much luck doing the upgrade thing with the base system and ports, preferring instead to completely rebuild in restore user data. Can I assume that the versions of the ports shown on the freebsd.orgéports site will be available in 8.3 and 9.1é -G
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