[DRBD-user] root filesystem on drbd?

Lars Ellenberg Lars.Ellenberg at linbit.com
Tue Apr 18 19:41:59 CEST 2006

Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.


/ 2006-04-18 19:33:12 +0200
\ Alexander Skwar:
> Hello!
> 
> I've got a 2-node "cluster" on which I'd like to use drbd. My
> plan is to have *everything* on drbd - this includes the root
> filesystem (/). Actually, I'd like to make it even a bit more
> complicated: I'd like to make drbd use /dev/sda3, on which I'd
> then put a LVM2 on which I'd then make all my filesystems.
> 
> My question: Is it possible to boot from a drbd?

well.
it is even possible to put the root fs of openssi on drbd.
that beast feels sorta cool :)

> Has anyone made a initrd which he could share?

honestly, if this is your first experience with HA, or drbd,
you do NOT want to do that. really.

-- 
: Lars Ellenberg                                  Tel +43-1-8178292-0  :
: LINBIT Information Technologies GmbH            Fax +43-1-8178292-82 :
: Schoenbrunner Str. 244, A-1120 Vienna/Europe   http://www.linbit.com :
__
please use the "List-Reply" function of your email client.



More information about the drbd-user mailing list