On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, Lars Engblom wrote:
> After reading http://verb.bz/installing-openbsd-using-softraid/ and
> http://blog.cochard.me/2012/03/openbsd-51-installation-on-sofraid4.html
> and http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20111002154251 it is
> clear OpenBSD is able to boot from a RAID 1 volume.
>
> Softraid (4) still states this: "There is no boot support at this time
> for any disciplines."
Thanks for the reminder - I'll try to clean this up in the coming weeks.
> Besides this bug in documentation, I would be thankful if somebody could
> tell me if it is possible to boot with root on a RAID5 device. In a
> project I will begin soon working on, this would be useful.
No, it is not possible. Boot support currently exists for RAID 1 and CRYPTO.
Support for other disciplines can be added, however they've not been a high
priority.
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