Hello, Lev.
You wrote 9 октября 2011 г., 11:30:10:
>> To install FreeBSD on a gmirrored disk, use MBR (or "dangerously
>> dedicated" BSD label) instead of GPT. (This is one reason why
>> BSD label and MBR should not be considered obsolete.)
> MBR doesn't check size of provider on taste. It should be fixed too.
> So, I see three changes which should be done in geom_gpart land:
Four, to be precise.
> (1) GPT sub-moudle gpart should check rank of provider and issue big
> warning if rank isn't 1 (it is not low-level disk) on creation.
> (2) Documentation should be changed to explain (1) in more details.
> (3) MBR sub-module of gpart should check size of provider and
> refuse to "see" MBR if provider is several sectors larger, than
> recorded in MBR. It will prevent it to pickup failed component of
> gmirror directly.
(4) The same check as described in (3) should be done by BSD
sub-module of gpart.
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// Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <l...@freebsd.org>
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