proposed handbook section -> gmirror per partition - required on ia64

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:00:01AM -0600, ToyoRunner wrote:
> In section 2 of 19.4.2 you may wish to add the additional command to
> create the whole partition scheme. Specifically, show that the type
> will change from efi, ufs and swap. I know it might seem excessive but
> for someone just starting out it would save them from missing this and
> not being able to proceed.

done, have a look: http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/geom-mirror.html

> Also, perhaps a troubleshooting section on what one should do if the
> system will not boot(ie say someone missed step 8, what should they do
> to tell the bootloader to set the vfs.root.mountfrom variable)?

yes, good idea, I'll take this step out and capture the exact dialog,
and then add this to the note.

> The only other issue would be that the whole 19.4.2 section has very
> specific commands which refer to the partition map which someone may
> wish to deviate from. Perhaps a warning about this fact?

yes, it needs some change, but I say in the beginning that this example
is from ia64. 

> Other than these points (which may be just my own prejudice) this is
> just the ticket for gmirroring a GPT partition map.
> 
> My hat to you, sir.

thanks

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