<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have another
question...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does DRBD make any
changes itself to the data on the disk being mirrored?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>In other words, is
there any difference between:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005>
<FONT face=Arial size=2>mke2fs /dev/sdb1</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005>
<FONT face=Arial size=2>drbdb setup /dev/drbd0 disk
/dev/sdb1 #
it's now over this disk</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>and</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005>
<FONT face=Arial size=2>drbdb setup /dev/drbd0 disk
/dev/sdb1 #
it's now over this disk</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005>
<FONT face=Arial size=2>mke2fs /dev/drbd0</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think not... but
I'd like to confirm it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Note - I know.. I
should mount the underlying volume... :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=281265320-06022005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Martin
Green</FONT></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>