Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:09:30 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: ToyoRunner <toyorunner@gmail.com>, freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proposed handbook section -> gmirror per partition - required on ia64 Message-ID: <20090711230930.GA8077@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <b5ef8d5c0907101000w2d2aa8eax51e9329b4a0e80b5@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090710161006.GA97228@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <b5ef8d5c0907101000w2d2aa8eax51e9329b4a0e80b5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:00:01AM -0600, ToyoRunner wrote: > In section 2 of 19.4.2 you may wish to add the additional command to > create the whole partition scheme. Specifically, show that the type > will change from efi, ufs and swap. I know it might seem excessive but > for someone just starting out it would save them from missing this and > not being able to proceed. done, have a look: http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/geom-mirror.html > Also, perhaps a troubleshooting section on what one should do if the > system will not boot(ie say someone missed step 8, what should they do > to tell the bootloader to set the vfs.root.mountfrom variable)? yes, good idea, I'll take this step out and capture the exact dialog, and then add this to the note. > The only other issue would be that the whole 19.4.2 section has very > specific commands which refer to the partition map which someone may > wish to deviate from. Perhaps a warning about this fact? yes, it needs some change, but I say in the beginning that this example is from ia64. > Other than these points (which may be just my own prejudice) this is > just the ticket for gmirroring a GPT partition map. > > My hat to you, sir. thanks -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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