Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:40:20 +0100 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: <20040621024020.GD757@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <62910.1069240357@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20031119110556.GA83112@genius.tao.org.uk> <62910.1069240357@critter.freebsd.dk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi Poul, I've not been keeping up to date with recent developments. Are we any closer to being able to mirror with geom yet? Joe On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:12:37PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20031119110556.GA83112@genius.tao.org.uk>, Josef Karthauser writes: > > > >--RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Content-Disposition: inline > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > >On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 09:42:18AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> In message <20031115014133.GB31237@genius.tao.org.uk>, Josef Karthauser w= > >rites: > >>=20 > >> >What's the best way to prepare for this? Should I leave some > >> >unallocated space at the beginning of the disk so that any magic geom > >> >bits can be inserted later? > >>=20 > >> Rather: leave a bit free at the end. > >>=20 > > > >How much would you recommend I leave? Proportional to the disk size, or > >just enough space for data structures? > > In theory one sector should do fine, but make it a bit more. > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > -- 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/ ================ An eclectic mix of fact and theory. ================= [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkDWSpQACgkQXVIcjOaxUBb+IACg6cD6MmrlSmIXwdcfi8T/4XiW IawAnRy1plSeLQ12jKmzCIfdOwuw9cHS =k7oN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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