> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Gowatch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> This may have been answered here before, but I've searched through the
> archives and couldnt seem to find the right answer.
>
> I'm trying to setup a single 20GB RAID-1 device. I configured
> /etc/raidtab and built /dev/md0 with mkraid.
>
> I *thought* I could then take that 20GB RAID-1 device and create
> partitions on it, and it seemed like I could. I created several
> partitions (i.e. /dev/md0p1, /dev/md0p2) using 'fdisk /dev/md0'.
>
> But then I realized that the /dev/md0pX device files dont
> exist, and that
> all of the md devices have the same major number.
>
> So I had to go back and reconfigured /etc/raidtab to create 4
> different
> RAID devices using 8 different partitions on the 2 disks. I
> then created
> my filesystems right on what I would consider the 'raw RAID devices',
> /dev/md0, /dev/md1, etc.
>
> Is there any way to create and use partitions on the RAID
> devices instead
> of having to create a seperate RAID device for each
> filesystem (short of
> going to hardware based RAID, of course)? The other way
> works, but seems
> a bit klumsy.
Yes, I think you'll want to look into LVM (Logical Volume Management, I
think). A search on google or your favorite search engine should turn up
plenty of matches.
Grge
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