Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Monday 03 May 2010 19:26:32 Joao Ferreira gmail wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been reading and trying out drbd for the last 3 days. I know this > may sounds a bit crazy, but... here goes: I realy need to drbd my "/" > block device. > > I have a basic understanding of drbd and most examples I've seen so far > point to drbd'ing a specific partition apart from the "core" OS > partitions like "/", "/var"; > > I don't know if drbd'ing the "/" partition is acutally an impossibility > "just because" or if there are ways to work around this and make the > kernel be able to boot the drbd and mount the root filesystem on it. > > Like I said: I really don't know if this is a simple thing or a very > complex workaround or even totally impossible. > > My problem is simple: boss want's it :) > > Any pointers or some light on the matter would be very much appreciated. > > Cheers > Joao > > > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user > I've read before on this list it is near to impossible. But I wonder what would happen of you would put something on DRBD and to a pivot root to it. Rgds, Bart