Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 00:39:55 +0200 From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: vinum for root partition? Message-ID: <377BEE3B.A10C4D8@partitur.se>
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Hi! I'm just setting up a system with two scsi drives, using vinum for mirroring only. Is it possible to use vinum for the also root partition somehow? I realize it not simple. Here's my disklabel (same for both drives): # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 144585 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 8) b: 803250 144585 swap # (Cyl. 9 - 58) c: 17928698 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 1116*) e: 16980863 947835 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 59 - 1116*) My plan is to sync the the 'a' partitions, so if one disk dies, the other root partition is useable. But, I guess the system will have to reboot if the drive crashes, since the root fs will be unusable. I thought, maybe there's some way to fool the system with some disklabel "magic", or perhaps I can remount a different fs instead of remounting root read-write. Just a wild thought. Any comments? Maybe it's better to mfs mount the root somehow? I'm not sure how to do that in this case... /Palle To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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