correct way to setup gmirror on 7.4?

[Michael Proto]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Helmut Schneider <jumper99 at gmx.de> wrote:
> Michael Proto wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Helmut Schneider <jumper99 at gmx.de>
>> wrote:
>> > Michael Proto wrote:
>> >> Am I using the correct process to create this array?
>> >
>> > No. While this works with MBR it fails with GPT as GPT and GEOM both
>> > want to use the last sector of the disk.
>> >
>> > First create the mirror and after that gpart it.
>>
>> In my setup I am mirroring only partitions, creating partitions ad4p1,
>> ad6p1, ad4p2 and ad6p2 with gpart first, and then mirrors gm0p1 and
>> gm0p2 on top of those.
> [...]
>> Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you're saying.
>
> 1. Create the mirror
> 2. Create the partition(s)
>
> Or do the steps described in section 19.4.2 at
> http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~mexas/geom-mirror.html
>

Ah,  thanks for that link, 19.4.2 does seem to describe what I'm
trying to do (couldn't find it via google search). I'll give this a
thorough reading and try it out.


Thanks again!
-Proto