Hi, Harland Christofferson wrote: > i am trying to configure raid-1 via software. my kernel is 2.4.18- > 1-586tsc. i do not have /etc/raidtools or /proc/mdstat. am i safe > to assume that raid support is not compiled into this kernel? if > this is true, what options do i have? are modules good to use? if > so, which ones?
Check the kernel config file /boot/config-2.4.18-1-586tsc the relevant section should look like this # # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM) # CONFIG_MD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=m CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m CONFIG_MD_RAID0=m CONFIG_MD_RAID1=m CONFIG_MD_RAID5=m CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM=m If this is ok, try to load the kernel modules: modprobe -v md modprobe -v raid1 the file /proc/mdstat should then appear automagically I have installed and use raidtools2, I create /etc/raidtab manually (see man raidtab). However, to create the configuration, there is also mdadm, which may be your friend. Package: mdadm Description: Manage MD devices aka Linux Software Raid mdadm is a program that can be used to create, manage, and monitor MD devices. As such it provides a similar set of functionality to the raidtools packages. This is all you need __UNLESS__ you want to boot from such a device. In that case you need to make sure that the relevant initrd.img has sufficient modules and scripts coming with it. Please refer to the HOWTOs % find /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/ -iname \*raid\* /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Antares-RAID-sparcLinux-HOWTO.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/ATA-RAID-HOWTO.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Boot+Root+Raid+LILO.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/DPT-Hardware-RAID.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Linux-Promise-RAID1-HOWTO.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Root-RAID-HOWTO.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Software-RAID-0.4x-HOWTO.gz /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Software-RAID-HOWTO.gz and references therein (package doc-linux-text). Cheers, Erich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
