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Boot + Root + Raid + Lilo : Software Raid mini-HOWTO
Michael Robinton, Michael@BizSystems.com
v1.04, July 20, 2000This document provides a cookbook for setting up root raid using the 0.90 raidtools for bootable raid mounted on root using standard LILO. Also covered is the conversion of a conventional disk to a raid1 or raid5 mirror set without the loss of data on the original disk.
1. Introduction
2. What you need BEFORE YOU START
- 2.1 Required Packages
- 2.2 Where to get Up-to-date copies of this document.
- 2.3 Documentation -- Recommended Reading
- 2.4 RAID resources
3. Bootable Raid
4. Upgrading from non-raid to RAID1/4/5
- 4.1 Step 1 - prepare a new kernel
- 4.2 Step 2 - set up raidtab for your new raid.
- 4.3 Create, format, and configure RAID
- 4.4 Copy the current OS to the new raid device
- 4.5 Test your new RAID
- 4.6 Integrate old disk into raid array
5. Appendix A. - example raidtab
6. Appendix B. - SCSI reference implementation RAID5
7. Appendix C. - ide RAID10 with initrd
8. Appendix D. - ide RAID1-10 with initrd
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