From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 7 13:23:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA6616A417 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:23:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from vps1.solepartners.com (vps1.solepartners.com [85.233.167.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 138C213C45A for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:23:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: (qmail 18199 invoked from network); 7 Sep 2007 14:23:42 +0100 Received: from 150.117-84-212.staticip.namesco.net (HELO ?192.168.10.65?) (212.84.117.150) by vps1.solepartners.com with SMTP; 7 Sep 2007 14:23:42 +0100 Message-ID: <46E150DE.60107@unsane.co.uk> Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:23:42 +0100 From: Vince User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: n j References: <92bcbda50709070443p796d075jc91fea5372420fc6@mail.gmail.com> <200709070831.43988.lists@jnielsen.net> <92bcbda50709070608l4df502e6m543e78d7c635201e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <92bcbda50709070608l4df502e6m543e78d7c635201e@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.4.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gstripe during install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:23:44 -0000 n j wrote: > John, > > thank you very much for your detailed input. > >> If it were me, I would a small (for some definition of small considering >> your disk space and software needs) partition on the first disk and install >> everything to that. After the system is up, create an identical partition >> on the second disk and set up gmirror between the two (see below). This >> volume would house either the entire OS or just the root partition at your >> option, but it needs to be large enough to house at least a minimal install >> of the OS temporarily. I'd then create additional partitions using the >> remaining space on each disk and turn those into a new, blank gstripe >> volume. If you don't want the whole OS on your mirror, you could then >> move /usr, etc over to the stripe volume (but you don't have to). > > That's basically the answer I got in the meantime from a few of my > more experienced colleagues as well. So, I'll probably go with that > option and create a 512Mb root partition on the first disk, install > the OS, create a gmirror and add the second disk to the mirror, build > the RAID-1 array, then gstripe the rest and move /usr, /tmp, /var to > it etc. > > On a side note, it would be nice if creating RAID arrays was included > in the FreeBSD install similar to Debian install (according to my > colleague, haven't seen it myself). > There is some work going on to try and get a more up to date installer with options such as installing to RAID (http://wiki.freebsd.org/finstall) but no eta as its still a work in progress (I like sysinstall but it just doesnt do everything I'd like any more. I hope someone writes a sysinstall like interface for finstall as well as the gui one.) As another more complex workaround you shouldnt be able to boot from a live CD (freesbie maybe) create the gstripe you want, then install the base system manually (see http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2 for some pointers on doing that) and edit fstab as needed. Vince > Regards,