From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Jan 23 16:19:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08173 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:19:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08163 for ; Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:19:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA03580; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:49:20 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id KAA39199; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:49:15 +1030 (CST) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 10:49:15 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: John Saunders Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ccd and vinum Message-ID: <19990124104915.H36690@freebie.lemis.com> References: <19990123115446.A26886@freebie.lemis.com> <19990123115729.25303.qmail@nhj.nlc.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <19990123115729.25303.qmail@nhj.nlc.net.au>; from John Saunders on Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 10:57:29PM +1100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Saturday, 23 January 1999 at 22:57:29 +1100, John Saunders wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> ccd is on its way out, not in. > > As long as it hangs around long enough for me to figure out how to > configure vinum (and to compile a RELENG_3 kernel without errors > when vinum is included) I will be happy. vinum is included in 3.0. All you need is a ``make world''. If you're having problems with the configuration, let me know what they are. >>> 2) I assume that the root partition can't be ccd. Correct? and >> Correct. > > Can it be with vinum? That would be interesting. It's planned, but not there yet. It will probably only happen with the new bootstrap. > Currently I have to remember to manually sync up the root > filesystems if I change them. How do you do that? > I looked into it some time back. It is probably possible to have a > ccd root filesystem if you hack a kernel to do the equivalent of > ccdconfig and then get it to mount the ccd device as root. Although > it would require substantial code hacking. It's not as simple as that. The bootstrap takes a device name, and you can only mount the root file system on that device. >> On the other hand, vinum does the right thing: if a drive fails, it >> will carry on running, and you can rebuild the volumes on line. Take >> a look at http://www.lemis.com/vinum.html. > > Sounds really good, if I can get the $%^$& thing to compile I will be > happy. :-) You must be doing something wrong. Which version (FreeBSD and vinum) are you using? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message