A. Khattri wrote:
>On Fri, 20 May 2005, Emanuele Morozzi wrote:
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>>Gentoo si installed in /dev/hda.
>>The Raid is a striping raid composed of /dev/sda /dev/sdb and consists
>>of 4 partitions. I created it installing windows (work reason).
>>The SATA controller is a Silicon 3512.
>>
>>Before, with devfs, I used dmraid to create
>>dev/mapper/sil<something>{1,2,3,4} and mounted direclty using this
>>devices. I had to remove dmraid eBuild from /usr/local/portage (or
>>something like that) because it blocked the "emerge -uD world", and the
>>devices now are disappeared (i.e. using dmraid the devices are not
>>created). I need to create them manually but I have not found the right
>>way to do it.
>>I someone knows how to create this devices, please tell me.
>>
>>
>
>The "normal" way to make (software) RAID devices is to use mkraid or
>mdadm.
>
>* sys-fs/mdadm
> Latest version available: 1.9.0-r1
> Latest version installed: 1.9.0-r1
> Size of downloaded files: 92 kB
> Homepage: http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/mdadm
> Description: A useful tool for running RAID systems - it can be used as
> a replacement for the raidtools
> License: GPL-2
>
>* sys-fs/raidtools
> Latest version available: 1.00.3-r4
> Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
> Size of downloaded files: 163 kB
> Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/mingo/raidtools/
> Description: Linux RAID 0/1/4/5 utilities
> License: GPL-2
>
>You should also check that you have md support in your kernel (or if its a
>module, use "modprobe md" and "modprobe raidX" (where X is your RAID level
>- if you dont know what RAID level means I suggest you read the RAID HOWTO
>at tldp.org).
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Raidtools is depreciated in favour of mdadm, so id recommend you use
mdadm. I use it for software RAID5 and its been working fine for over a
year now, running 24/7. Its also very simple to configure and relativly
easy to use.
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