From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
Subject: Re: mdadm and raidtools - noob
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:52:15 +0100
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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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