Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:49:15 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: John Saunders <john.saunders@nlc.net.au> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ccd and vinum Message-ID: <19990124104915.H36690@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19990123115729.25303.qmail@nhj.nlc.net.au>; from John Saunders on Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 10:57:29PM %2B1100 References: <19990123115446.A26886@freebie.lemis.com> <19990123115729.25303.qmail@nhj.nlc.net.au>
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On Saturday, 23 January 1999 at 22:57:29 +1100, John Saunders wrote: > Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote: >> ccd is on its way out, not in. > > As long as it hangs around long enough for me to figure out how to > configure vinum (and to compile a RELENG_3 kernel without errors > when vinum is included) I will be happy. vinum is included in 3.0. All you need is a ``make world''. If you're having problems with the configuration, let me know what they are. >>> 2) I assume that the root partition can't be ccd. Correct? and >> Correct. > > Can it be with vinum? That would be interesting. It's planned, but not there yet. It will probably only happen with the new bootstrap. > Currently I have to remember to manually sync up the root > filesystems if I change them. How do you do that? > I looked into it some time back. It is probably possible to have a > ccd root filesystem if you hack a kernel to do the equivalent of > ccdconfig and then get it to mount the ccd device as root. Although > it would require substantial code hacking. It's not as simple as that. The bootstrap takes a device name, and you can only mount the root file system on that device. >> On the other hand, vinum does the right thing: if a drive fails, it >> will carry on running, and you can rebuild the volumes on line. Take >> a look at http://www.lemis.com/vinum.html. > > Sounds really good, if I can get the $%^$& thing to compile I will be > happy. :-) You must be doing something wrong. Which version (FreeBSD and vinum) are you using? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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