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 19:46:02 Alex Dean wrote: > On May 3, 2010, at 12:27 PM, Bart Coninckx wrote: > > 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 > > > > 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. > > I'm not an expert by any means, but the first major hurdle I see is : > How would the secondary node operate if it can't have / mounted? > Perhaps you're talking about running primary/primary, which I don't > have direct experience with. > > alex > Also: why does your boss want it? B.