> Next step is where I get confused. I now have to create partitions for > RAID. The parity re-write created raid1a with type 4.2BSD which takes > up the whole 8GB. If that created raid1, then what is raid0?
> If I want separate / swap and /home, I presume I should delete raid1a > and create raid1a, raid1b and raid1e instead (by clicking on its > parent raid1 and selecting "Edit BSD partitions")? Yes. (Not sure about the clicking part, I've given up on partition managers and tend to disklabel -e) > If it's not possible to do this with sysinst is it at least possible > to do it by dropping to a shell? Ideally I would like to use GPT with > the RAID-1 setup as well, since I will be on 2 x 2TB disks and I > anticipate this getting bigger, not smaller in years to come. I have > successfully set up NetBSD with GPT by dropping to a shell but I don't > know where to add RAID into that mix. The general process is outlined at https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-rf.html#chap-rf-ex-raid1root however it probably doesn't cover GPT or wedges. It should give a rough idea what would make sense to try, though.
