Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:30:09 +0000 From: Chris Hastie <lists@oak-wood.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Vinum and upgrading from 5.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <20060413113009.du25k9z3wg84o0og@imp.oak-wood.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20060413102506.L88998@erika.hostname.nu> References: <RvVviKD8bgPEFwyW@celandine.oak-wood.co.uk> <20060413102506.L88998@erika.hostname.nu>
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Emil Thelin <emil@hostname.nu> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Chris Hastie wrote: > >> I tried to upgrade from 5.1-RELEASE to 5_RELENG last night and hit big >> problems with vinum. 5_RELENG in retrospect was an error I suspect, as >> what I really wanted was 5.4-RELEASE. > > Since 5.3 you should probably use the geom-aware gvinum instead of vinum. > > I think the manual says that both vinum and gvinum can be used for > 5.3 > but I've never actually got vinum to work on > 5.3. Any hints as to how I make this migration? Is it as simple as putting geom_vinum_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf, or is there further configuration to do? Is gvinum happy with the same configuration data as vinum? Presumably device names are different so I'll have to change /etc/fstab accordingly? -- Chris Hastie
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