From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 6 22:34:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD82C16A4CE for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 22:34:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ion.gank.org (ion.gank.org [69.55.238.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACE7F43D4C for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 22:34:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from craig@xfoil.gank.org) Received: by ion.gank.org (mail, from userid 1001) id 6E69C2CBCF; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 17:34:06 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 17:34:03 -0500 From: Craig Boston To: "Axel S. Gruner" Message-ID: <20040806223403.GA33104@nowhere> Mail-Followup-To: Craig Boston , "Axel S. Gruner" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org References: <20040726191107.B10DD16A513@hub.freebsd.org> <1091130224.99074.55.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> <20040729215647.F625@korben.in.tern> <1091460946.46029.22.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> <20040805212025.GA28645@nowhere> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Vinum status X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 22:34:07 -0000 On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 09:13:56PM +0200, Axel S. Gruner wrote: > But, i ihave a question about that. I cant find a howto which describes > to install FreeBSD+gvinum to use the / partition. > So, how did you do that? I can't speak for anyone else who runs it, but the couple of times I've built root-on-vinum systems I've found the most direct way is just doing a manual install. Generally, that consists of booting off of a live CD or something similar (netboot is a possibility), partitioning the disks, setting up vinum, and unpacking the distributions by hand. It's not as hard as it sounds, there are install.sh files that automate the unpacking part, and if you're building a root-on-vinum system then knowledge of using fdisk and bsdlabel by hand is pretty much a necessity anyway. I mostly just install bin and crypto, which is the bare minimum for a running system, then boot the new system under its own power and buildworld to get the rest. An alternate method is to buildworld on another system beforehand, and (using a livecd) installworld over the network onto your blank vinum setup. Hope this helps, Craig