Re: Bigger boot block size?

From: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk)
Date: 09/11/05

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    To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:59:02 +0200

    In message <43246066.8070709@samsco.org>, Scott Long writes:
    >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

    >> There are perfectly good arguments for metadata at front and metadata
    >> at the end and none of the arguments is definitive.
    >>
    >There are actually very good arguments for putting the metadata at the
    >end of the components. Consider that it means that you can boot a
    >gmirror array without system BIOS support.

    Yes, and it doesn't screw up stripe alignment etc.

    But there are also good arguments for putting it up front, which
    is why I don't want to impose either view on anybody.

    This also makes a lot of sense since we don't get to dictate
    the majority of disk metadata rules. 

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