At Fri, 1 Sep 2006 09:54:02 -0400,
David Robillard wrote:
Sounds like a good idea indeed. I've always followed Ralf S.
Engelschall's instructions at http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/
which involves using dump(8) to transfer the data onto the second disk
once it's setup as a gmirror
On 8/31/06, Elliot Finley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well yes, if you do it this way, you are correct. Why not just install the
OS on the smaller drive, skip the dump step and just use the installed drive
as the first drive in your mirror. That's how I've been doing it and it
works great.
I've
I'm setting up a remote server with two identical hard drives, running
FreeBSD-6.1. I want to set the drives up as a mirror for data redundancy. I
also want to be able to break the mirror when I need to update the OS or
installed software, so that if anything goes wrong with the update on one
I use gmirror for this very purpose. It works well.
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From: Jonathan McKeown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 5:25 AM
Subject: Mirroring: gvinum or gmirror?
I'm setting up a remote server with two identical hard
I'm setting up a remote server with two identical hard drives, running
FreeBSD-6.1. I want to set the drives up as a mirror for data redundancy. I
also want to be able to break the mirror when I need to update the OS or
installed software, so that if anything goes wrong with the update on one
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To: Jonathan McKeown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: Mirroring: gvinum or gmirror?
Bonus Tip of the day! If you ever
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From: David Robillard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Jonathan McKeown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: Mirroring: gvinum or gmirror?
Bonus Tip of the day! If you ever
On 8/31/06, Elliot Finley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ad0: 4112MB WDC AC24300L 09.09M08 at ata0-master UDMA33
ad3: 4028MB Maxtor 84320D4 NAVXAA21 at ata1-slave UDMA33
Then make sure you install FreeBSD on the bigger one (i.e. here that
would be ad0) then setup gmirror. If you do the oposite,
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From: David Robillard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elliot Finley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Jonathan McKeown [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FreeBSD Questions Mailing
List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: Mirroring: gvinum or gmirror?
On 8
I've got a write-up of the steps required to do this if you or anyone else
needs them. I also routinely disconnect one of the drives in my mirror
before a major upgrade to the OS or ports so that if I mess it up, I can
boot back to the previous state. I have a write-up of the steps needed to
do
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