On Mar 13, 2007, at 12:12 PM, Steve Franks wrote:
Anyone made a mirror w/o destroying what's in the disk already? The atacontrol man page is less than adequate in this respect...is is even possible?
Oh, yes-- it's certainly possible to create a mirror with live data, but one is advised to be cautious and have a full backup available in case of problems. With hardware-based ATA controllers like Promise, 3ware, etc, they should have a BIOS utility which you can use to create the mirror-- make sure to add the drive with valid data first, and then add the second or additional drives to the mirror set.
The same approach ought to work with software-mirroring such as (g) vinum.
-- -Chuck _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
