Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:09:56 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gpart Message-ID: <18C62C2F-FB61-4146-A84F-ECAB3B779709@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <004301ce2e78$3e274fc0$ba75ef40$@thenetnow.com> References: <004301ce2e78$3e274fc0$ba75ef40$@thenetnow.com>
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On 31 March 2013, at 18:28, Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com> wrote: > Hi all, >=20 >=20 >=20 > I am in the midst of setting up the framework for new servers using = FreeBSD > 9.1. I used the bsdinstall and Manual`` option when setting up the = disk > geometry using GPT - graphical setup. >=20 >=20 >=20 > The idea will be to eventually dump the 4 file systems, (/, /usr /var = and > /home) and restore them on other servers when the time comes. >=20 >=20 >=20 > I am reading everything there is about GPT at this point as I have = never > used it before. It seems gpart is the tool to use. >=20 >=20 >=20 > I have done several test runs setting the drive geometry using this as = a > guide: >=20 >=20 >=20 > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html >=20 >=20 >=20 > Which worked well. But as yet I do not have dumps to test with. >=20 >=20 >=20 > I was wondering in anyone sees any issues creating the drive geometry = using > this method, with the intent of restoring dumped filesystems to to, > including the root filesystem. >=20 >=20 >=20 > I am yet to use 9.1 to do so, so any tips would be appreciated. I just finished doing exactly that. Worked fine. I installed 9.1 on a = drive and it had boot problems. Apparently the drive was previously a = part of a raid and graid would get involved during boot and wait and = wait and wait. To get rid of that, I formatted another drive using = gpart and then used dump-restore to move the data from the first drive = to the second. The new drive is now the master drive for the system. = The original drive has been returned to a spare drive pool. The new = drive boots fine and just works. I did a complete zero of the drive = before starting the partitioning though as I have no way of knowing if = that drive was previously in a raid array.
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