From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 02:32:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADA6E16A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:32:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailgw.dgrp.sk (mailgw.dgrp.sk [195.28.127.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65CB743D53 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 02:32:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from koren@tempest.sk) Received: by mailgw.dgrp.sk (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 9CFA54FDA5; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:32:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from domino1.tempest.sk (domino1.tempest.sk [195.28.100.38]) by mailgw.dgrp.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3902A4FD9E; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:32:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lk106.tempest.sk ([195.28.109.36]) by domino1.tempest.sk (Lotus Domino Release 6.0.3) with ESMTP id 2004033112322515-4871 ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:32:25 +0200 Received: from lk106.tempest.sk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lk106.tempest.sk (8.12.10/8.12.5) with ESMTP id i2VAWI6i049567; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:32:18 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from koren@lk106.tempest.sk) Received: (from koren@localhost) by lk106.tempest.sk (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i2VAWHHI049564; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:32:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from koren) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:32:17 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200403311032.i2VAWHHI049564@lk106.tempest.sk> From: Ludo Koren To: kirk@strauser.com In-reply-to: <871xnbe0gz.fsf@strauser.com> (message from Kirk Strauser on Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:45:48 -0600) X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on Domino1/DGRP(Release 6.0.3|September 26, 2003) at 31.03.2004 12:32:25,at 31.03.2004 12:32:26, Serialize complete at 31.03.2004 12:32:26 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on mailgw X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.61 X-Spam-Level: cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: growfs on vinum volume X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:32:27 -0000 >>> It has 'historical' reason. I started with vinum, when it was >>> not possible to mirror root partition (at least I found just >>> document 'Bootstrapping Vinum: A Foundation for Reliable >>> Servers' by R. A. Van Valzah in 2001 or 2002 on >>> www.freebsd.org) >> There has never been any reason to have more than one drive per >> module. You're confusing drives and subdisks. > I think he meant that he original had a root partition and a > vinum partition, and later converted the root partition to > another vinum partition. Exactly. That I meant by 'historical' reason. > =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser lk