How to install RAID?

Michael Hipp Michael at Hipp.com
Wed Feb 16 14:17:25 UTC 2005


Curt Tresenriter wrote:
> 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.

> 
> 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.

Thank you. But I guess I should have been more specific that I was talking 
about software RAID.

Michael




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