[OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool on the second partition of an external disk

PÁSZTOR György pasztor at linux.gyakg.u-szeged.hu
Fri Sep 8 21:41:57 UTC 2017


Hi,

"Udo Grabowski (IMK)" <udo.grabowski at kit.edu> írta 2017-09-08 17:39-kor:
> On 08/09/2017 17:33, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss wrote:
> >>I should mind my p's and s's.  Thanks, Andrew; you're right.  I was
> >>thinking of s2, not p2.
> >
> >So what I did what correct, right? I have mounted both partitions and the 
> >dataare there and I can read and write.
> 
> No. Your boot slice #8 is overlapped by s2. It is not
> recommended to use s2 for anything.
> 
> Configure s0 instead with tag root, and use only the region
> above the boot slice (that is, from cylinder 1 upwards).

I don't think he configured any slice by hand. It was zpool what prepared
the whole stuff.
And there is NO overlap here. As it was already told: s2 (NOT p2) means the
whole "drive"/ "partition". Depends on the case.

Everything is right. No need to scare him away.

Regards,
Gyu



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