Raid one
Jeffrey Ross
jeff at bubble.org
Tue Aug 14 23:04:43 UTC 2007
Karl Larsen wrote:
> I did a Goggle search and found Linux Journal, Home, RAID-1, Part 1
> and 2 by Joe Malmin and Ron Shaker, 2002-08-13 and I have read it like
> a book once. It talks to the raid-1 being a superior way to back up
> your computer. I learned that raid mirrors partitions not hard drives.
> You can use any two hard drives or even the same hard drive! I plan to
> make a raid 1 using the two hard drives I have in this computer right
> now :-)
>
> One is a 30 GB and this is a 160 GB but f7 is in a partition of 12
> GB. So I can make a 12 GB partition on the 30 GB HD and make a raid 1
> system between /dev/hda2 and /dev/hdb5.
>
> The book says if /proc/mdstat exists, you have raid support in your
> kernel. I do :-)
>
> The book set up raid 1 on Red Hat 7 and Debian Potato with the
> early kernels 8-)
>
> It appears I can use the method shown to make a /usr raid 1. I have
> /usr backed up on my 9 GB USB device. But the author suggests you put
> a copy of /usr on /var/. We will use mkraid which I find I do not
> have. Perhaps I can yum it to my system. Perhaps there is a newer tool?
>
> So like all writing it is dated and old just a couple of years
> later. Instaed of using #init 1 so that /usr can be un-mounted, I
> think using the rescue mode of the f7 dvd will be easier. Then f7 will
> be off :-)
>
>
Karl,
I posted a message about converting a running Fedora 7 system from a
single disk to a RAID-1 system on June 30th, I listed out the steps I
followed. I did however use 2 identical disks. The subject of the
message was "RAID gotchas!"
Jeff
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