> IF you had set up your filesystems correctly in the first place, yes. As
> you didn't - No.
>
> >> Another question: after you created your raid devices, did you create
new
> >> ext2 filesystems on /dev/mdx?
> >
> >No.
Thank you for all the help.
I would like to do this from scratch that way the process is clear from the
ground up. I will wait to try the failed-disk method after I can get this
done right from the start. I am not doing root RAID.
I have read through the HOWTO, however I'm not sure if it is written for a
drive with a distrib already on it or to get a drive configured then install
a distrib. to the /dev/md[x]'s?
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0) starting with nothing.... just 2 drives.
1) install a Linux distribution onto /dev/sda[x]'s partitions, compiling the
RAID1 into the kernel.
2) boot into the new install, check that RAID1 is registered by cat
/proc/mdstat.
3) create sbd[x]'s partitions to match /dev/sda[x]'s. Is now the time to
set the /dev/sd[a-b][x] partitions to type 'fd'?
4) create /etc/raidtab for RAID1, using a format similiar to the HOWTO.
5) umount the /dev/sda[x]'s then mkraid /dev/md[x]'s. This will warn me,
since I have installed Linux onto /dev/sda[x]'s, and I will force it??
6) run mke2fs /dev/md[x] for each newly created /dev/md[x].
7) now what? Is this where I have to copy (using a method described earlier)
my /dev/sda[x]'s contents to the /dev/md[x]'s?
What are the proper steps to follow??
> Finally, I think it would be a good idea for you to have a look at the
list
> archives, for example at http://www.kernelnotes.org/lnxlists/linux-raid/
Is there a search capability anywhere for the list?
Aaron Bush
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