How to install RAID?

Curt Tresenriter ctres at qwest.net
Wed Feb 16 05:42:30 UTC 2005


On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:24:48 -0600
"Michael Hipp" <Michael at Hipp.com> wrote:

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> Is it possible to actually install RAID1 on Ubuntu? I know it can
> be set up after the fact on a running system but that's a lot more
> work.
> 
> Ok, I found this:
> 
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/InstallingToRAID1
> 
> But that answer is completely unacceptable (i.e. having to switch
> to LILO, and it still says /boot can't be in RAID).
> 
> Could someone explain the real truth about RAID on Ubuntu.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael

I have a SiliconImage RAID card - 4 port - and a pair of WD disks
running RAID 1 with GRUB. I bought the card because info I found
about it said the driver was included in the 2.6 kernel.
It installed Ubuntu flawlessly once I got the RAID setup configured.



HTH
Curt




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