humm.... ok... no problems i was think about making software raid 100% compatible with hardware raid (transparently) but itÂs not just a plug and play, no problems itÂs easy :) 2011/1/28 Doug Dumitru <doug@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Roberto Spadim <roberto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> i read about lvm (not a lot), it work with grub and lilo right? > > grub and lilo need a "plain" boot partition. Âthe raid setup is later > and your root partition can definitely be inside of an LVM volume. > This is the default install for many distros. > > Doug Dumitru > EasyCo LLC > >> >> 2011/1/28 Doug Dumitru <doug@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> > This functionality already exists with two different solutions. >> > >> > The "normal" solution is to use LVM on top of /dev/md0. LVM is usually >> > considered "better" than partitions because it is a more flexible approach. >> > >> > If you have to have partitions, you can do this with: >> > >> >  ... create partitions 1,2,3,4 >> >  kpartx -a /dev/md0 >> >  mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/md0p1 >> >  mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/md0p2 >> >  mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/md0p3 >> >  mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/md0p4 >> > >> > This is not really a "linux-raid" issue, but just how to apply block device >> > mapping tools. >> > >> > Doug Dumitru >> > EasyCo LLC >> > >> > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Roberto Spadim <roberto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> hi guys, could we implement raid partitions? >> >> for example: >> >> mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --devices /dev/sda /dev/sdb >> >> fdisk /dev/md0 >> >> create pratition 1,2,3,4 >> >> >> >> mkfs.ext4 /dev/md0p1 >> >> mkfs.ext4 /dev/md0p2 >> >> mkfs.ext4 /dev/md0p3 >> >> mkfs.ext4 /dev/md0p4 >> >> >> >> ?? any idea? could we implement it? >> >> thereæ a TODO list for linux software raid? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Roberto Spadim >> >> Spadim Technology / SPAEmpresarial >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in >> >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> More majordomo info at Âhttp://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Doug Dumitru >> > EasyCo LLC >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Roberto Spadim >> Spadim Technology / SPAEmpresarial > > > > -- > Doug Dumitru > EasyCo LLC > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at Âhttp://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Roberto Spadim Spadim Technology / SPAEmpresarial -- 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
