From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 7 12:39:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C52816A420 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:39:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joao@matik.com.br) Received: from msrv.matik.com.br (msrv.matik.com.br [200.152.83.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 625EA43D53 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:39:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joao@matik.com.br) Received: from anb (anb.matik.com.br [200.152.83.34]) by msrv.matik.com.br (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k27CdcP9008652; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:39:38 -0300 (BRT) (envelope-from joao@matik.com.br) From: JoaoBR To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:39:29 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <440D74B3.3030309@vwsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <440D74B3.3030309@vwsoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603070939.30032.joao@matik.com.br> X-Filter-Version: 1.11a (msrv.matik.com.br) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on msrv.matik.com.br X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Volker Subject: Re: Fresh install on gmirror'ed disks? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:39:42 -0000 On Tuesday 07 March 2006 08:55, Volker wrote: > > I do agree that gmirror is not that bad and not that difficult. But > take a look at how to setup a fresh system using gmirror (slice by > slice mirroring): > > - install a complete system to a fresh disc > - create the (well sized) slices on a 2nd disc (not that easy) > - create the gmirror set on disc 2 > - bring gmirror up > - copy all filesystems over to the gmirror set > - reboot > - create exactly sized slices on disc 1 > - insert everything into the gmirror set > > Using that procedure you're going to copy each installed file three > times (install, copy to mirror, sync mirror). That's a waste of time > compared to a solution where the installer would be able to install > directly into a mirror. > > When using disc based gmirror (instead of per slice gmirror) the > procedure is a bit easier, but similar. > Hi there is no need to copy anything around ... =2D you do install the system as usual =2D before rebooting you create the to be mirrored disk with the gmirror la= bel=20 command (you do not loose data here) =2D then you change your fstab acordingly =2D you reboot=20 =2D you insert the mirror disk(s) =2D gmirror should start syncing automatically if you did everything right ready, this is a 3 minute thing Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br