Hi,
I'm looking to setup my new FreeBSD 5.1 server with a mirrored vinum
volume. I've read through the necessary handbook entries but it doesn't
seem to answer my question:
I'm wanting to do this at install time -- is this possible? The
``Using Vinum for the Root Filesystem'' chapter doesn't
? The
``Using Vinum for the Root Filesystem'' chapter doesn't seem to cover
this (as far as I can see). If it is possible, some hints would be
greatly appreciated.
I'm booting from a mini ISO and the console is pretty limited (I
couldn't kldload vinum). Is this right?
I did this with 4.8
Method I, as you specified in the book, can I then move
those
particular partitions (/, /usr, /var) around without worrying about the
original unix partition layout (offsets etc)? So, the original /, /usr,
/var
sizes and offsets won't limit the location of the /dev/vinum/root,
/dev/vinum
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On Tuesday, 29 July 2003 at 23:29:46 -0700, Richard Johannesson wrote:
I went back to the original root install method as per the book, and I got
vinum working.
Now, needed to change the
Sorry, my bad - needed to do newfs. Once I did this the fsck worked
perfectly. Thanks again for all the help.
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Is it possible to create vinum on a root drive without using the offsets in
the vinum configuration file?
What I trying to get to is that there seems to be two styles of getting
vinum setup on a root drive:
I. 1. setup unix partitions for swap, /, /usr, and /var
2. install
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg 'groggy' Lehey
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 6:25 PM
To: Richard Johannesson
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Subject: Re: Vinum on Root
On Tuesday, 29 July 2003 at 18:00:25 -0700, Richard
limit the location of the /dev/vinum/root,
/dev/vinum/usr, /dev/vinum/var?
They will for root, because you boot from the partition, not the
volume. Also, you should understand that moving partitions means
moving data.
For the mirroring case, should the swap partitions be mirrored too
Machine will run one copy of FreeBSD5.1 and has three hard drives: 2 x 200GB
and 1 x 100GB drives. I was planning to use the 100GB for backup to store
dump images of this machine. The 200GB drives are mirrored root vinum
volumes - however that is accomplished.
The purposed of the machine
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 12:03:55AM -0700, Richard Johannesson wrote:
Is there ever an advantage of having two slices for a drive when running
just one copy of FreeBSD on there? So, let's say split the 200GB into two
slices. First will have the standard partitions /, /var, /tmp, swap, /usr.
Read everything I can find on vinum: vinum website, freebsd documentation on
vinum, and Complete FreeBSD section on vinum. Still not sure which method
is correct for setting up a mirrored root drive for a FreeBSD 5.1 system.
The instructions I've found online regarding a vinum root drive,
http
which method is best to setup a mirrored
root drive for FreeBSD 5.1.
Thanks again,
Richard
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From: Richard Johannesson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:57 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: FreeBSD5.1 Vinum Mirror root
Read everything I can
On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:57:23PM -0700, Richard Johannesson wrote:
Is this second method outdate, or is there simply several ways to accomplish
this task. I'm new to FreeBSD, so setting up vinum seems a little
overwhelming. Just trying to mirror a 200GB root drive with another 200GB
drive.
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