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Date:      Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:12:06 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   accessing vinum mirror in single-user mode
Message-ID:  <3A5E21A6.69DB82ED@mail.iowna.com>

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If I have a system where the /usr partition is a vinum mirror, I've
found that I can't boot into single user mode and use the passwd command
- because I can't mount the vinum partition.
passwd is in /usr/bin so I need to mount the /usr part, but vinum
doesn't start in single-user mode and when I try to start it I get an
error ... (sorry ... have forgotten the error and I don't have a vinum
machine available to reproduce it at this time. If it becomes important,
I'll make it a point to get the exact message)

Is the upshot of the whole thing that /usr shouldn't be a vinum volume
because of this? Is there a technique whereby half of a vinum mirror
could be restored to a standard FFS partition? (sounds pretty wild, but
I thought I'd ask.)

TIA
Bill


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