Subject: Re: Raid out of space?
To: netbsd-users@netbsd.org <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Jorgen Lundman <lundman@lundman.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 02/06/2001 19:36:27
wojtek@wojtek.from.pl wrote:
> 
> > > no but it's big inconsistency and problem to start raid partition from
> > > offset 0 as raid disklabels could overwrite disk's disklabels.
> >
> > Starting a RAID partition from offset 0 is fine*.  The component labels
> > are stored where they won't stomp on a disklabel, even if the RAID partition
> > starts at 0.
> i read something else somewhere but can't remember where :(

I know ccd has that restriction. Pleased to hear I dont need to redo my
raid :)

Cheers guys, I'll stick fsck in the mount scripts :)

Lund



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