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From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
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Subject: RE: Vinum boot support
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 18:01:41 -0400 
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Quite technically I belive all you NEED is / /root /boot and /etc on =
your
bootable volume.  Once the system loads the kernel and mounts the rest =
you
should be fine.

What I have is / on one partition and /usr is the vinum volume.  My =
/var,
/home, /src, & /tmp are all symlinked back to the /usr volume.

-Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	jakob@ostenfeld.dk [SMTP:jakob@ostenfeld.dk]
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 03, 1999 5:39 PM
> To:	Freebsd-questions
> Subject:	Re: Vinum boot support
>=20
> On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 12:29:24AM +0300, Iani Brankov wrote:
> > jakob@ostenfeld.dk wrote:
> > >
> > [snip]
> > >=20
> > > I want to run RAID-1 on those disks, and I'm pretty sure I
> > > can do that with Vinum. However, it's not clear to me whether
> > > I can make the system boot on the logical RAID-1 volume.
> > >=20
> > > Is it possible ?   How ?
> >=20
> > I don't think so. There must be vinum support in your boot code to
> > load the kernel from a vinum volume. It's something impossible for
> > now.
>=20
> Darn...  But thanks for the answer   :)
>=20
> Being a FreeBSD newbie I'd like to ask:  How much of the system would
> be needed for booting up ?  That is, how much of the system do I =
_have_
> to keep on a non-volume  ?
>=20
> Obviously I'd like to have as much as possible on RAID-1.
>=20
> > You may use 'SOFTUPDATES' on your filesystems. Or better get 3rd =
disk
> > for the system you build.
>=20
> How does soft-updates affect the filesystem stability ?  If the =
machine
> looses power before/during/after a fsync(), what are the consequences
> of using soft updates ?
>=20
>=20
> Best regards,
>=20
> ................................................................
> : jakob@ostenfeld.dtu.dk  : And I see the elder races,         :
> :.........................: putrid forms of man                :
> :   Jakob =D8stergaard      : See him rise and claim the earth,  :
> :        OZ9ABN           : his downfall is at hand.           :
> :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............:
>=20
>=20
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