Hi,
I've been using mdadm to create and manage my RAID devices (RAID1 and
RAID5).
I've not really given much thought to how they are started at boot time -
they just are!
On Fedora Core 2, RAID devics are started from /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. The
default install used raidtools to start the arrays, but I have patched
rc.sysinit with the following patch:
--- rc.sysinit.orig 2004-02-04 01:42:10.000000000 -0600
+++ rc.sysinit 2004-02-04 02:26:45.000000000 -0600
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@
/etc/rc.modules
fi
+if [ -f /etc/mdadm.conf ]; then
+ /sbin/mdadm -A -s
+fi
+
update_boot_stage RCraid
if [ -f /etc/raidtab ]; then
# Add raid devices
@@ -467,6 +471,10 @@
RESULT=0
RAIDDEV="$RAIDDEV(skipped)"
fi
+ if [ $RESULT -gt 0 -a -x /sbin/mdadm ]; then
+ /sbin/mdadm -Ac partitions $i -m dev
+ RESULT=$?
+ fi
if [ $RESULT -gt 0 -a -x /sbin/raidstart ]; then
/sbin/raidstart $i
RESULT=$?
So, my question is: do I still need raidtools? Does it do anything that
mdadm can't?
Thanks,
R.
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http://robinbowes.com
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