Re: moving root partition/Solstice db?

From: Akop Pogosian (akopps+usenet@ocf.berkeley.edu)
Date: 04/04/03 

From: Akop Pogosian <akopps+usenet@ocf.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:19:47 +0000 (UTC)

Donnie <dapayne@purdue.edu> wrote:
> Thanks Akop,

> I've only created new metadbs once and it's been ages ago. Would you mind
> running through this process of creating new metadbs on the new disk and
> recreating my new metadvices. I do have a good 'md.conf' file.

> Thanks,
> - Donnie

Create a separate (3MB or so) slice on the new disk for metadbs. If
you don't have any free space on it, you can carve it from your swap
slice. Add the same number of metadbs on that slice as your old disk
had with metadb command. Running "metadb" from the old disk should
list them all. The md.cf file lists the current disksuite
configuration for your reference only. It lists the price arguments to
"metainit" command to recreate your old metadevices.

-akop

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