On 2011/01/27 14:35, Nick Guenther wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 04:24:07PM -0600, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I just configured a mirror using softraid, the manpage was extremely > >> helpful. I just copy pasted the relevant commands. To a complete > >> newbie, it was missing a few more lines. I just added those and > >> sending the diff. I hope a variation of this is accepted to make the > >> "how to create mirror using softraid" is complete. Googling brings a > >> lot of RAIDFrame etc, there is very little out there on a pure data > >> mirror. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> amit > >> > >> > >> Index: softraid.4 > >> =================================================================== > >> RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/softraid.4,v > >> retrieving revision 1.27 > >> diff softraid.4 > >> 147a148,159 > >> > .Pp > >> > To use the freshly created mirror > >> > .Bd -literal -offset indent > >> > # mkdir /datamirror > >> > # mount /dev/sd0a /datamirror > >> > # chown normal_openbsd_user /datamirror > >> > .Ed > >> > .Pp > >> > Adding the following line to /etc/fstab will make it useful after every > boot > >> > .Bd -literal -offset indent > >> > /dev/sd0a /datamirror ffs rw,softdep,nodev,nosuid 1 2 > >> > .Pp > > > > (as an aside, please send unified diffs (-u) in future) > > > > there is a line near the end of EXAMPLES: > > > > The RAID volume is now ready to be used as a normal disk device. > > > > for me, the instructions you've added come under the umbrella of > > using the raid partition as a normal disk partition. so i'd argue > > that it's outside the remit of this page. > > > > maybe other developers think otherwise though. > > As someone who has long been a newbie, this sort of trivial pointer > can be a life-saver. If you think like a programmer and see your OS as > a program this sort of thing comes naturally, but lots of people > don't.
If this was really ready for a newbie, you wouldn't be reading a kernel device manpage to learn how to configure it, you'd be reading the FAQ or installation notes and answering questions in the installer...
