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Boot + Root + Raid + Lilo : Software Raid mini-HOWTO

Michael Robinton, Michael@BizSystems.com

v1.04, July 20, 2000


This 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

  • 1.1 Acknowledgements
  • 1.2 Bugs
  • 1.3 Copyright Notice

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

  • 3.1 Booting RAID 1 with standard LILO
  • 3.2 Detailed explaination of lilo.conf for raid boot

4. Upgrading from non-raid to RAID1/a>

  • 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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