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Date:      Wed, 3 May 2000 10:25:07 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Marius Vincent <mvincent@elcb.co.za>, freeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: vinum
Message-ID:  <20000503102506.B13668@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000503110738.D46955@enteract.com>; from jim@nasby.net on Wed, May 03, 2000 at 11:07:38AM -0500
References:  <20000503105720.E1654@freebie.lemis.com> <NEBBJNFFELDAHIBIGIAMIENKCBAA.mvincent@elcb.co.za> <20000503184408.U8284@freebie.lemis.com> <20000503110738.D46955@enteract.com>

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* Jim C. Nasby <jim@nasby.net> [000503 09:40] wrote:
> I think the problem with the current vinum documentation is that it's very
> intimidating. Those 37 pages are in two manpages and it's difficult for
> someone unfamiliar with vinum to get started. A how-to would be very
> beneficial, imho. It seems there's also a bunch of caveats that seem easy
> to miss, such as that you can boot off a mirror device (at least that's what
> I gathered from a previous email in this thread).
> 
> Having said that, I would prefer seeing Greg continue with development
> rather than spend time putting together a how-to at this point, since
> vinum is still considered 'alpha' afaik. If it didn't take a lot of time
> to maintain, an FAQ would probably be very helpful.

The manpage contains several howtos specifically under:

HOW TO SET UP VINUM -> Designing volumes

-Alfred


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