> Thanks for the clear explanation. I gave it a try, but it didn't
> work. It may be because I used the 'old' raid as compiled into the
> standard 2.2.13 kernel.
That'll be exactly why. Don't use the old RAID code unless you have a good
reason to.
> I've been very confused by the various raid
> docs around - some describing 'old' and some describing 'new' raid.
You want to go with Jakob Oestergard's HOWTO. That's the definitive guide for
new RAID code. If you get the latest raidtools and patch, you'll find it
included in the raidtools package, or else go to
http://ostenfeld.dk/~jakob/Software-RAID.HOWTO/.
> One point I'm still not clear on is regardinq swap on a raid device.
> Does this mean that you have to fdisk a raid device, create a new
> (sub) partition and tag it as swap?
You shouldn't (can't?) fdisk a RAID device. Simply create a raid device as
normal with the capacity you want for swap, run mkswap to make the device a swap
device, and then swapon to turn swap on. To make sure that the device is used
for swap every time you reboot, mark the partitions as type fd so they autostart
and put the device into /etc/fstab as swap.
Cheers,
Bruno Prior [EMAIL PROTECTED]
