I've gotten to the Expert Partitioner in Yast on the install disc, but I
don't know what to do from there.
Listed are 8 devices:
Device: /dev/mapper/sli_ahahafdeeibj
Size: 232.8 Gb
F:
Type: BIOS RAID sli_ahahafdeeibj
Mount:
Mount By:
Start: 0
End: 30400
Used By:
Label:
Device ID:
Device Path:
Device: /dev/mapper/sli_ahahafdeeibj_part1
Size: 70.5 Mb
F: F
Type: DM Raid (Ext3)
Mount: /boot
Mount By: K
Start: 1542
End: 1550
Used By:
Label:
Device ID:
Device Path:
Device: /dev/mapper/sli_ahahafdeeibj_part2
Size: 839.3 Mb
F:
Type: DM Raid
Mount:
Mount By:
Start: 1435
End: 1541
Used By:
Label:
Device ID:
Device Path:
Device: /dev/mapper/sli_ahahafdeeibj_part3
Size: 221.0 Gb
F: F
Type: DM Raid (Ext3)
Mount: /home
Mount By: K
Start: 1551
End: 30400
Used By:
Label:
Device ID:
Device Path:
Device: /dev/mapper/sli_ahahafdeeibj_part4
Size: 10.9 Gb
F: F
Type: DM RAID (Ext3)
Mount: /
Mount By: K
Start: 0
End: 1434
Used By:
Label:
Device ID:
Device Path:
Device: /dev/mapper/sli_ahahafdeeibj_part5
Size: 831.4 Mb
F:
Type: DM Raid
Mount: swap
Mount By: K
Start: 1435
End: 1540
Used By:
Label:
Device ID:
Device Path:
Device: /dev/hda
Size: 232.8 Gb
F:
Type: ST3250623A
Mount:
Mount By:
Start: 0
End: 30400
Used By: RAID sli_ahahafdeeibj
Label:
Device ID: ata-ST3250623A_4ND4WY67
Device Path: pci-0000:00:0f.0-ide-0:0
Device: /dev/hdb
Size: 232.8 Gb
F:
Type: WDC-WD2500jB-00REA0
Mount:
Mount By:
Start: 0
End: 30400
Used By: RAID sli_ahahafdeeibj
Label:
Device ID: ata-WDC_WD2500jB-00REA0_WD-WMANK5725185
Device Path: pci-0000:00:0f.0-ide-0:1
The /dev/hda is the hard drive that openSUSE is currently installed on.
The /dev/hdb is the new hard drive I would like to use as a mirror.
I would like to have the entire system mirrored, but I only require the
/home to be mirrored, because it contains all of my important data.
-Brandon Carl
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.spleeyah.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Tremblay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brandon Carl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [opensuse] Software RAID with existing drive
Brandon,
I have played with software raid several times.
1) If you are looking for your whole system in a mirrored state, it's
tricky but possible.
2) if you want to build a new mirrored /home that is easier.
1- you can do a reinstall and manually do the partitioning in yast.
you will need two equal partitions for /boot but not as mirrors the
second is a place holder for rescue and recovery, and two set up as a
"linux raid" for each of the sections you want mirrored, i.e, two for
swap, two for /, while remembering not to touch your current /home but
creating an equal partition for it to raid to later. I would recommend
creating a mirrored /srv partition with as much space as you have
in /home now when the system is running you can copy your /home into the
new /srv in a folder like /srv/storage and then delete and recreate a
new linux raid partition for /home.
2- create a software raid using the free space on your current disk and
the new disk and mount it as /storage or /vol1 or ....
James Tremblay
Director of Technology
Newmarket School District
Newmarket,NH
http://en.opensuse.org/Education
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