On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Ben-Nes Michael wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> Just started to discover the wonder world of Software raid.
> 
> I made my /var partion raid level 1 (mirroring)
> 
> But to start it I have to unmount /var fully and only then run
> raidstart.
> How can I active the raid while the system reboot ?

Tar /var to a file in another partition, remove /var from
/etc/fstsb, reboot, ignore the warnings, then do mkraid --really-force,
then do mke2fs on the new RAID partition, then untar the var partition. I
do this on every installation I do (five in the past two months).

 - yba

> 
> Second.
> The HOWTO suggested that the / partion will be mirrored with cold copy
> and not raid, what is the opinion of the mailing user group ?

Agree - don't try to make / RAID.

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