Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 23:20:09 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Using Geom to mirror root partitions? Message-ID: <20031114232009.GA31237@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <9177.1068851374@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20031114225127.GA31017@genius.tao.org.uk> <9177.1068851374@critter.freebsd.dk>
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--Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 12:09:34AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20031114225127.GA31017@genius.tao.org.uk>, Josef Karthauser w= rites: >=20 > >I've been a bit out of touch with developments recently. I was > >wondering whether it's possible to mirror root partitions across two > >drives yet? I seem to remember that this was something that geom could > >help with, but I've no idea as to whether it's a reality yet. > > > >Does anyone know? >=20 > We're not there yet. >=20 I've got a machine with two drives 120gb drives, which is going to a colo. If I configure it to use one drive, will I at some point be able to remotely reconfigure it to say use the second drive as a mirror as the physical layer, i.e. if the first drive goes bang then I can get the second drive to boot via the bios and still have the machine work - or am I dreaming? Joe --=20 Josef Karthauser (joe@tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D An eclectic mix of fact an= d theory. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj+1YygACgkQXVIcjOaxUBZpTgCghv03EFMNgd8hZi6caE/aGpmV R04AniBhdLfIrahkrkoGbdcCBzlnqFAo =aZQi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--
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