Thanks John, I've been wrestling with this for a while. I ended up having to use a RedHat9 install to get RAID 1 working on one particular box ... RAID is my last reason to use RedHat after discovering the joy of simplicity, Slackware style. I was using mdadm in my Slackware RAID experiments, and a different approach, but it only ever half worked (almost certainly the problem was with me, not mdadm!). Unfortunately, I don't have a spare box lying around that I can test this on right now, but I will follow this HOWTO's development with great interest and give it a go as soon as I can. I'm mainly interested in super reliable 2 disc RAID 1 setups, but it looks like most things still apply. Any comments on SATA disks? I'm not sure where SATA fits in to all this (is it an issue?). A reliable method for building bootable RAID on Slackware for non-gurus will propel Slackware into the realm of the "truly awesome" for me, I've been a RedHat jock for too long! Mick On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 01:12, John Lange wrote: > As mentioned, I have created a Slackware RAID How-To and an initial > draft is located here: > > http://www.langefamily.ca/howto/SlackwareRaidHowTo.html > > This document covers getting Slackware installed on a system with RAID. > This technique does not require a temporary hard drive or anything other > than a Slackware boot CD. > > I am fairly new to linux software RAID so I really hope some more > experienced people will take some time to read it and give me some > feedback. I would hate to have some glaring errors inflicted on others! > > Thanks. -- -------------------------------------- Ninti Systems: Smart IT Solutions Michael Hall Mobile: 0429 095 392 Ph/Fax: 08 8953 1442 Email: office at ninti dot com dot au Web: http://ninti.com.au -------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
