Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 03:12:18 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drive Mirroring Message-ID: <199711290912.DAA06897@unix.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <19971129174129.61865@lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Nov 29, 97 05:41:29 pm"
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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? also, will it be part of the base dist, like ccd is, or a third-party thing? When will it be testable? jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+
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