Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 18:52:45 -0600 From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: "Chris H." <chris#@1command.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gstripe on 7B4 - was: gmirror on 7B4 Message-ID: <790a9fff0801021652o45f821efkd5fb98fe56529f58@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080102142444.0unir7afk800gss0@webmail.1command.com> References: <20080102002651.r72jwx0pgk4000c8@webmail.1command.com> <20080102070518.ki0v7vxkgo0cossg@webmail.1command.com> <20080102111751.5huybrwosgs0ccos@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> <20080102112230.g7p1bj3sdck488g8@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> <20080102084743.xtecj951wogwws8w@webmail.1command.com> <20080102144706.6akwgph1s8s0k888@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> <20080102142444.0unir7afk800gss0@webmail.1command.com>
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On 1/2/08, Chris H. <chris#@1command.com> wrote: > OK, in the final analysis I've decided (now that it's (7B4) installed...) > I'll just keep /boot, /root (and presumably /dev) on the already available > and running install disk (da3). > Then perform: > > # gstripe label -v -s 131072 bigstripe \ > /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 > > # newfs -U /dev/stripe/bigstripe > > # mkdir /bigstripe > > # mount /dev/stripe/bigstripe /bigstripe > > # echo 'geom_stripe_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf > > # echo '/dev/stripe/bigstripe /bigstripe ufs rw 2 2' >> /etc/fstab > > # cd /var > > # tar cf - . | (cd /bigstripe; tar xvf - > > and repeating the above two lines for > > /bin, /compat, /dist, /entropy, /etc, /lib, /libexec, > /media, /mnt, /proc, /rescue, /sbin, /sys, /tmp, and /usr > > moving and remaking /home. Then deleting and re-creating > the above (/bin, /compat, etc...). Then modify /etc/fstab > to read /dev/stripe/bigstripe / ufs rw 2 2 > > unmount /bigstripe > > mount / > > Done. Yes? > > Maybe I'm overestimating the FreeBSD file system. But this > seems plausible. > You could have / (root) also on /bigstripe, if you do something similar to the way that ZFSonRoot (http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSOnRoot) is done. Scot
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