Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:20:15 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: "James R. Van Artsdalen" <james-freebsd-current@jrv.org>, freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Subject: Re: gmirror per partition. Was: Re: gmirror gm0 destroyed on shutdown; GPT corrupt Message-ID: <20090701122015.GA62937@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <4A4B4FFE.7010400@jrv.org> References: <20090625110253.GA31443@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <10FCC74D-6D46-4112-AD89-BBB4C5933957@mac.com> <20090701105649.GA62596@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <4A4B4FFE.7010400@jrv.org>
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On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 07:01:02AM -0500, James R. Van Artsdalen wrote: > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > Like this? > > > > # gmirror label -vb round-robin root /dev/da0p2 > > gmirror: Can't store metadata on /dev/da0p2: Operation not permitted. > > # > > > > Is there a filesystem already mounted from da0p2? yes, da0 is the disk on which I installed the system. > Use gmirror label immediately after using gpart to create da0p2 then > always use /dev/mirror/root as the device after that, never da0p2, ie > > # gpart add -b 162 -s 1048576 -t freebsd-ufs ad0 wow! gpart is never mentioned in the handbook, neither in GEOM, nor in gvinum chapter. Is the handbook a bit out of date? > # gmirror label -vb round-robin root /dev/da0p2 > > # newfs /dev/mirror/root > > The examples from the gpart and gmirror man pages worked for me. are you using ia64? many thanks anton -- 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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