From: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
To: Mark Ryden <markryde@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mdadm and raidtools - noob
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:52:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <452151CF.8060908@dgreaves.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dac45060610020453j6b9e3cdeiad9a7fac71160dc6@mail.gmail.com>
Mark Ryden wrote:
> Hello linux-raid list,
>
> I want to create a Linux Software RAID1 on linux FC5 (x86_64),
> from SATA II disks. I am a noob in this.
No problems.
> I looked for it and saw that as far as I understand,
> raidtools is quite old - from 2003.
> for exanple, http://people.redhat.com/mingo/raidtools/
correct
> So my question is this:
> is raidtools deprecated ?
Yes
> Is it possible at all to use raidtool to create linux software RAID1,
> running 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 kernel on x86_64 ?
Maybe - don't
> Is using mdadm is the way to create linux software RAID1 ?
Yes
Is it the only way ?
No (eg EVMS)
David
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2006-10-02 11:53 mdadm and raidtools - noob Mark Ryden
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