At Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:54:02 -0400,
David Robillard wrote:
> Sounds like a good idea indeed. I've always followed Ralf S.
> Engelschall's instructions at http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/
> which involves using dump(8) to transfer the data onto the second disk
> once it's setup as a gmirror pro
On 8/31/06, Elliot Finley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well yes, if you do it this way, you are correct. Why not just install the
OS on the smaller drive, skip the dump step and just use the installed drive
as the first drive in your mirror. That's how I've been doing it and it
works great.
I've
I've got a write-up of the steps required to do this if you or anyone else
needs them. I also routinely disconnect one of the drives in my mirror
before a major upgrade to the OS or ports so that if I mess it up, I can
boot back to the previous state. I have a write-up of the steps needed to
do
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On 8/31/06, Elliot Finley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
ad0: 4112MB at ata0-master UDMA33
ad3: 4028MB at ata1-slave UDMA33
> Then make sure you install FreeBSD on the bigger one (i.e. here that
> would be ad0) then setup gmirror. If you do the oposite, you will have
> a "Consumers too small" err
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> Bonus Tip
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> Bonus Tip
I'm setting up a remote server with two identical hard drives, running
FreeBSD-6.1. I want to set the drives up as a mirror for data redundancy. I
also want to be able to break the mirror when I need to update the OS or
installed software, so that if anything goes wrong with the update on one
driv
I use gmirror for this very purpose. It works well.
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> I'm setting up a remote server with two identical hard d
I'm setting up a remote server with two identical hard drives, running
FreeBSD-6.1. I want to set the drives up as a mirror for data redundancy. I
also want to be able to break the mirror when I need to update the OS or
installed software, so that if anything goes wrong with the update on one
d
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