Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 13:32:16 +0100 From: "Tomas Palfi" <tpalfi@phoenixmedical.co.uk> To: "Stijn Hoop" <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: vinum or gvinum Message-ID: <119D03CDAA26274786799627855EC43D67F541@indy.enzo.phoenixmedical.co.uk>
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Stijn, I=20think=20I=20am=20almost=20there=20as=20the=20disks=20are=20now=20sinci= ng.=20=20Thank=20you=20for your=20help,=20it=20has=20been=20really=20appreciated.=20=20I=20am=20still= =20going=20fiddle=20with the=20mirror=20with=20the=20gvinum. Tomas -- tp -----Original=20Message----- From:=20Stijn=20Hoop=20[mailto:stijn@win.tue.nl]=20 Sent:=2009=20September=202005=2012:12 To:=20Tomas=20Palfi Subject:=20Re:=20vinum=20or=20gvinum Hi, On=20Fri,=20Sep=2009,=202005=20at=2012:04:42PM=20+0100,=20Tomas=20Palfi=20= wrote: >=20Thanks=20for=20this=20update,=20I=20am=20configuring=20the=20gmirror=20= as=20per=20the >=20instructions,=20however,=20there=20is=20one=20thing=20which=20bothers=20= me=20a=20bit. >=20 >=20bsdlabel=20-e=20/dev/mirror/gm0s1=20when=20editing=20the=20new=20layou= t,=20it >=20advices=20me=20to=20start=20"a"=20partition=20at=20offset=2016,=20and=20= "c"=20as=20per=20default >=20at=20offset=200.=20=20do=20I=20have=20to=20retain=20the=20offset=2016=20= for=20the=20"a"=20partition >=20where=20my=20root=20is=20located=20or=20can=20i=20have=20another=20off= set=20+=2016=20and=20start >=20swap=20at=200=20offset?=20=20In=20this=20case=20the=20swap=20would=20s= tart=20with=20offset=200=20as >=20"b". Sounds=20fine.=20In=20the=20past=20there=20have=20been=20troubles=20with=20= old=20BIOSes=20not booting=20from=20root=20partitions=20that=20were=20located=20"far"=20on=20= the=20disk=20(>2G I=20believe).=20I=20don't=20think=20that=20limitation=20exists=20anymore,=20= but=20keep=20it in=20mind.=20Other=20than=20that,=20FreeBSD=20will=20be=20happy. >=20this=20is=20my=20exiting=20layout=20on=20/dev/da0s1 >=20 >=20a:=2010485760=20=2010485760=20=20=20that's=20/root >=20b:=2010485760=20=09=20=200=09=09=20=20swap >=20c:=20143363997=09=20=200 >=20d:=2020911520=20=2020911520=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20/home >=20e:=2014680064=20=2041943040=09=09=20/tmp >=20f:=2014680064=20=2056623104=09=09=20/var >=20g:=2072060829=20=2071303168=09=09=20/usr/local >=20 >=20 >=20and=20this=20is=20what=20I=20would=20lay=20it=20as=20on=20the=20/dev/m= irror/gm0s1 >=20 >=20|-|-----|-----|-----------|--------|--------|--------------------| >=2016=20swap=20=20/root=20=20=20/home=20=20=20=20=20=20=20/tmp=20=20=20=20= =20/var=20=20=20=20=20=20=20/usr/local >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20a:=2010485760=20=20(10485760=20+=2016)=20=20that's=20/root >=20b:=20(10485760=20-=2016)=09=20=2016=09=09=20=20swap >=20c:=20143363997=09=20=200 >=20d:=2020911520=20=2020911520=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20/home >=20e:=2014680064=20=2041943040=09=09=20/tmp >=20f:=2014680064=20=2056623104=09=09=20/var >=20g:=2072060829=20=2071303168=09=09=20/usr/local >=20 >=20in=20this=20case=20the=20swap=20would=20be=20offset=20by=20those=2016?= ? Yes,=20I=20would=20definitely=20offset=20things=20by=2016=20sectors.=20I=20= don't=20really=20know what's=20stored=20there=20but=20you=20don't=20lose=20much=20and=20it=20pro= bably=20makes=20sense. Also=20keep=20in=20mind=20that=20you=20need=20to=20make=20sure=20that=20/d= ev/ad0s1=20does=20NOT cover=20the=20ENTIRE=20disk,=20but=20rather=20leaves=20a=20few=20sectors=20= spare=20at=20the end.=20This=20is=20to=20make=20sure=20that=20gmirror=20does=20not=20confus= e=20/dev/ad0=20and /dev/ad0s1=20as=20providers=20for=20the=20mirror=20(it=20stores=20it's=20m= etadata=20in=20the last=20sector).=20All=20of=20this=20is=20described=20in=20the=20article,=20= although=20maybe not=20very=20clear.=20Note=20also=20that=20by=20default,=20FreeBSD=20leave= s=20a=20few=20sectors spare=20when=20runnign=20fdisk,=20so=20it's=20not=20an=20issue=20most=20of= =20the=20time=20unless you=20'dangerously=20dedicate'=20your=20disks. Hopefully=20it'll=20all=20work=20out=20today=20;-) --Stijn --=20 It's=20harder=20to=20read=20code=20than=20to=20write=20it. =09=09--=20Joel=20Spolsky, =09 http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html PRIVACY=20&=20CONFIDENTIALITY This=20e-mail=20is=20private=20and=20confidential.=20=20If=20you=20have,=20= or=20suspect=20you=20have=20received=20this=20message=20in=20error=20pleas= e=20notify=20the=20sender=20as=20soon=20as=20possible=20and=20remove=20fro= m=20your=20system.=20=20You=20may=20not=20copy,=20distribute=20or=20take=20= any=20action=20in=20reliance=20on=20it.=20Thank=20you=20for=20your=20co-op= eration. Please=20note=20that=20whilst=20best=20efforts=20are=20made,=20neither=20t= he=20company=20nor=20the=20sender=20accepts=20any=20responsibility=20for=20= viruses=20and=20it=20is=20your=20responsibility=20to=20scan=20the=20email=20= and=20attachments=20(if=20any). This=20e-mail=20has=20been=20automatically=20scanned=20for=20viruses=20by=20= MessageLabs.
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