On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 01:01:27AM +0200, rob...@openbsd.pap.st wrote: > On Wed, 04 May 2011 15:38:46 -0700 > Tyler Morgan <tyl...@tradetech.net> wrote: > > > On 5/4/2011 10:04 AM, Josh Grosse wrote: > > http://www.ec > > (plz all stop pushing that links search engine rank.) > > > I think this is mainly due to the fact that softraid can't be used > > for the root partition (or booted off of, for now). This leads > > everyone to follow RAIDFrame guides to install OpenBSD onto software > > RAID1, but nobody bothers to mention that RAIDFrame isn't actually > > maintained anymore. > > > > And I have a feeling it's why my routers crash once every few months > > or so with some odd, sd0/sd1 related FIFO errors (using SSDs too...). > > I'm currently pulling RAIDFrame out of various routers and not using > > any RAID at all anymore -- CARP + pfsync + duplicate hardware is > > enough for what these routers do. > > > > In no way am I blaming anyone here -- it's obviously my fault that I > > didn't read the 4.7 FAQ closer and learn about softraid -- but I > > think large amounts of people are being lead to RAIDFrame via Google > > without fully realizing what they are using or why they might be > > making a bad decision. > > Along the line of: "Why tf doesn't my root-partition change often > enough, so that i am not ok by simply using ALTROOT? Didn't expect me > to read the afterboot manpage as i was prompted, didn't you?" BTW, I setup a server with ALTROOT feature. After 3 months, the root disk (where / lives) partially broke and the daily job screw up my /dev/r$rootbak with the dd(1) command ...
-- Olivier Cherrier - Symacx.com mailto:o...@symacx.com
