Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Lars, If I put this example together with a matching example drbd.conf would you review it and perhaps post it as part of the FAQ ? it'd be an excellent starting point for newbies. I'll gladly write the parts about the underlying partition/data in bold ;) Dan. On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 7:16 AM, Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg at linbit.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:37:04AM -0500, Dan Gahlinger wrote: > > Lars, It'd be nice to see this well-documented (setting up the low-level > device > > with internal meta-data) > > > > Perhaps a step-by-step (command by command) example of how to properly > set one > > up. > > > > Since so many people get this wrong, what's wrong with putting up a > small > > example, keep it simple? > > > > Say you have a whole drive you want to dedicate (eg: /dev/sdb1 ) and > want to > > use internal meta-data. > > You want to use as much as possible for the data, and reserve only > enough for > > the meta-data > > > > What exact commands (for drbd v8) should a person use to set it up? > > Something like this (please correct if wrong (using /data as example) -- > > > > /etc/init.d/drbd start > > mkdir /data > > drbdadm create-md all > > drbdadm up all > > mkfs -t reiserfs /dev/drbd0 > > mount -t rieserfs /dev/drbd0 /data > > > Notice, no underlying partition created. Is this correct? > > as long as you don't have pre-existing data, > and you do the mkfs on /dev/drbd, > that is all fine, and you just cannot get it wrong. > > if there _is_ pre-existing data, or you use some other tools to resize > partitions and file systems, and you use drbd internal meta data, you > have to be careful. > > but yes, we'll have to write some "Again, on the commandline ..." > for drbd 8 somewhen. > > -- > : Lars Ellenberg http://www.linbit.com : > : DRBD/HA support and consulting sales at linbit.com : > : LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH Tel +43-1-8178292-0 : > : Vivenotgasse 48, A-1120 Vienna/Europe Fax +43-1-8178292-82 : > __ > please use the "List-Reply" function of your email client. > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.linbit.com/pipermail/drbd-user/attachments/20080215/7731154e/attachment.htm>