Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror

2012-02-10 Thread Janos Dohanics
On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:02:29 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com wrote: 1. The Guided partitioning doesn't suggest any more to create /var, /tmp, /usr, etc. file systems. Is it really the recommendation to go with just / ? Depends on who you ask :)

Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror

2012-02-10 Thread Janos Dohanics
On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:20:03 +0100 Michael Cardell Widerkrantz m...@hack.org wrote: Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com, 2012-02-08 19:42 (+0100): 4. Also, with GPT, one has to be in single user mode to synchronize disks - correct? I think the guide you linked to:

Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror

2012-02-09 Thread perryh
Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com wrote: 1. The Guided partitioning doesn't suggest any more to create /var, /tmp, /usr, etc. file systems. Is it really the recommendation to go with just / ? Depends on who you ask :) and on your intended usage. 2. Is there a way to use the old sysinstall

Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror

2012-02-09 Thread Michael Cardell Widerkrantz
Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com, 2012-02-08 19:42 (+0100): 4. Also, with GPT, one has to be in single user mode to synchronize disks - correct? I think the guide you linked to: http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/1071 meant that you have to be in single user mode until you have

FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror

2012-02-08 Thread Janos Dohanics
Hello Everyone, May be I should have searched more for answers, but after installing FreeBSD 9 with gmirror, I am wondering if the experts here have some recommendations for best practices. 1. The Guided partitioning doesn't suggest any more to create /var, /tmp, /usr, etc. file systems. Is it

Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror

2012-02-08 Thread Bas Smeelen
On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 13:42:59 -0500 Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com wrote: Hello Everyone, May be I should have searched more for answers, but after installing FreeBSD 9 with gmirror, I am wondering if the experts here have some recommendations for best practices. 1. The Guided

Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror

2012-02-08 Thread George Kontostanos
3. Assuming one has enough RAM, is zfs mirror or raidz recommended over gmirror? zfs mirror but I would not recommend a raidz root on zfs. -- George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.aisecure.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: FreeBSD 9, GPT and gmirror

2012-02-08 Thread Gary Aitken
I can't speak to the mirror issue, but I had difficulty trying to tweak the defaults in the install on a 128G SSD: When manually configuring the SSD, I tried to leave some extra space at the end of the SSD. Not sure that is necessary or not. In any case, I had a 128GB SSD, reported as