From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 3 21:54:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8F8E16A422 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:54:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from craig@feniz.gank.org) Received: from ion.gank.org (ion.gank.org [64.81.113.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4CA643D73 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 21:54:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from craig@feniz.gank.org) Received: by ion.gank.org (mail, from userid 1001) id 16B24F0F; Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:54:37 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:54:33 -0600 From: Craig Boston To: Mike Jakubik Message-ID: <20060303215433.GA26907@nowhere> Mail-Followup-To: Craig Boston , Mike Jakubik , JoaoBR , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <44077E79.2080708@rogers.com> <200603030545.45427.joao@matik.com.br> <4408607C.9040703@rogers.com> <200603031726.02094.joao@matik.com.br> <4408A8C1.3060303@rogers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4408A8C1.3060303@rogers.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, JoaoBR Subject: Re: Fresh install on gmirror'ed disks? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:54:43 -0000 On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 03:36:17PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote: > What are you talking about? I think its time to brush up on your english > reading and writing skills. It takes much more work, time, and > complexity to 1) boot cd and install os 2) reboot to os and follow a > complex procedure to setup geom based raid than it does to 1) boot cd, > make gmirror with installer, install os. Well, honestly, someone who is knowledgeable enough to set up a complex _bootable_ geom based raid on an existing install would probably find it easier to do what I usually do: 1) Boot install CD and go to fixit mode 2) Set up RAID the way I want 3) Do a manual install by extracting the packages onto the new filesystem That avoids the intermediate install and the hassle of migrating partitions around. That said, I think it might be a good idea to have a few simple RAID configurations in the installer -- say a full-disk mirror or something relatively fool-resistant. I'm sure patches would be welcome if anyone wants to step up :) Craig