On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 19:55:25 -0700 (MST), "Lucas Albers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I finally finished my software raid FAQ for converting an existing > system to a one using software raid as it's root partition. > http://www.cs.montana.edu/faq/faqw.admin.py?query=Convert+Root+System+to+Software+Raid&querytype=simple&casefold=yes&req=search > > It took me a few weeks of research and trial and error, before I > worked all the invididual steps out. > I think I hosed my test system at least 10 times trying to learn how > to do this.... > > Thanks for information provided by friendly people on the list. > I've used it, and it works. > Please let me know if you find any errors or wish to make some > corrections to it. ..boooo: "By convention, /dev/hda1 is my root partition; /dev/hdb1 will be the new raid volume.", to make an useful raid set, you want one disk per controller, in your case, /dev/hda and /dev/hdc, not /dev/hdb, which kills performance "jamming traffic" on /dev/ide0. > It appears you could actually use initrd with software raid, but I was > unable to do so. Perhaps in my next version I will include directins > for doing so. ..I've only done this successfully with RH9, it used both Grub and initrd, I made everything (/boot too) raid1 except /tmp (raid0), and put 1G of swap on both disks, both with pri=1 in /etc/fstab. > I would like to include this documentation in the debian.org > documentation, what are the steps to do so? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
