McBofh <james.c.mcpher...@gmail.com> writes:

> On 22/11/10 02:18 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I'm about to create a mirror to rpool that currently is a single
>> disk.  I remember it being somewhat more involved than any other pool
>> for adding a mirror.
>>
>> Involving the boot bits and running grub... maybe other stuff as well.
>>
>> I wondered if anyone has a URL where I might read about the procedure,
>> or failing that can anyone provide a general outline of steps that
>> need to be taken.
>
>
> It's pretty easy to find via google.

Thanks for the good info.

What is pretty easy to some has many times turned out to be somewhat
difficult for me.  Possibly a dimwit on this end but what were the
pretty easy search terms you goggled with?

Someone not all that familiar with the subject may not come up with
good search strings as quick and easy as someone with a better command
of the subject.

> Note that (newdev) must be a slice.

Are you talking of a slice just big enough for the boot sector here?

> You might get an error message from zpool about slice 2 (s2)
> overlapping newdev - assuming that you have setup your newdev
> slicing correctly, you can re-issue the zpool command thusly:

Thanks for the headsup and providing a ready solution... that really helps.


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