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From: Cheng-Lung Sung <clsung@FreeBSD.org>
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IMHO, fdisk is unnecessary. I got my two brand=20
new HDs ad[46] mirrored w/o fdisk.

On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 09:15:39PM -0400, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 19:59 -0400, Ian Jefferson wrote:
> > I think if you want mirroring only you should consult the geom pages.
>=20
> Great, I believe I have this setup right. I'm not sure what the fdisk
> issue may be with the message 'fdisk: Geom not found', but all looks to
> have setup properly. Now, just to have a clear understanding, what is
> the purpose of /dev/mirror/datas1c as it is not used in creating the
> mirror it seems?

    Have you tried to mount it?

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