vinum bootsrapping perl script

Dmitry Morozovsky marck at FreeBSD.org
Sat Oct 30 15:18:59 UTC 2004


On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Matthias F. Brandstetter wrote:

MFB> I used the "Bootstrapping Vinum" for several 4.10 servers now without any 
MFB> problems. Now I tried it with a new 5.2.1 server, but I get an error 
MFB> there.
MFB> 
MFB> Since sysinstall gives other values (or names) for partitions, the perl 
MFB> script does not work any longer (it says root and rootback partition 
MFB> aren't the same size).
MFB> 
MFB> Any chance to contact the author of this text?
MFB> Would be glad to get some help on this...

Well, this articles is (partly) obsolete even for 4.x/5.2 as Vinum can be set 
up for root partition. And for 5.3+ we have gvinum which is completely (well, 
mostly) another beast.

I had a plan to rewrite the article as I spent rather much time with Vinum @job 
but ENOTIME yet.


Sincerely,
D.Marck                                        [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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