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On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:07:48 -0500, Jeff Kinz wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 08:37:34AM -0500, Rechenberg, Andrew wrote:
> > You shouldn't make a file system on the real disk partitions.  This is
> > the procedure you should try:
> > 
> > - Partition your disks with your favorite partition program
> > - Make your RAID devices with mkraid
> > - Run mke2fs -j on the resultant /dev/md device
> > - Mount and use
> > 
> > When you reboot your rc.sysinit script with start your RAID devices.
> > Make sure you add your mount point and device to /etc/fstab if you want
> > to have it mounted at boot time.
> > 
> > That's it.
> 
> Hi Andy - thats a fantastic summary.  succinct and clear. I'm adding your
> reply to my collection of how-to notes.
> 
> I have one question, shouldn't there be a modification to the rc.sysinit
> script so that it knows the RAID device has been added to the system or does
> that happen auto-magically when mkraid is run?

The rc.sysinit script examines /etc/raidtab where you would enter a
new RAID device before creating it with mkraid.

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