On Tue, March 7, 2006 4:39 am, JoaoBR wrote: > 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.
There's no need to copy files around. gmirror handles it all for you behind the scenes. Just create the gmirror labels using the existing disks/slices/partitions, then insert the second set of disks/slices/parittions. gmirror will handle synchonising the data across the mirror. >> When using disc based gmirror (instead of per slice gmirror) the >> procedure is a bit easier, but similar. > there is no need to copy anything around ... > - you do install the system as usual > - before rebooting you create the to be mirrored disk with the gmirror > label command (you do not loose data here) > - then you change your fstab acordingly > - you reboot > - you insert the mirror disk(s) > - gmirror should start syncing automatically if you did everything > right > realy, this is a 3 minute thing This is the process I just went through. It would be nice if there was a post-install step that did this automatically, but it wasn't all that hard to do manually. Just CTRL+F4 to open the terminal, run a few commands to create the mirror, edit /etc/fstab, and exit the installer. Dru Lavigne's OnLamp article about this makes it almost trivial to do. ---- Freddie Cash [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
