suggestion about fdisk/bsdlabel examples in handbook section 19.4
Rocco Caputo
rcaputo at pobox.com
Tue Jan 29 07:44:40 UTC 2008
Section 19.4 makes it sound scary to set up gmirror for a disk with
multiple slices. It cautions:
> It is possible to have separate partitions for other mount points;
> however, this will increase the difficulty level ten fold due to
> manual alteration of the bsdlabel(8) and fdisk(8) settings.
And after the fdisk and bsdlabel examples, it notes:
> Note: If multiple slices and partitions exist, the flags for the
> previous two commands will require alteration. They must match the
> slice and partition size of the other disk.
Why can't the fdisk and bsdlabel examples copy the configuration of
the original disk? For example:
# fdisk -p /dev/da0 | fdisk -vBI -f - /dev/mirror/gm0
# bsdlabel /dev/da0s1 | bsdlabel -RB /dev/mirror/gm0s1 -
Would those commands simplify gmirror setup?
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Rocco Caputo - rcaputo at pobox.com
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