Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:59:01 +0100 From: Gabriel Dragffy <gabe@dragffy.com> To: Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software RAID5 Message-ID: <A89B9FA0-54D8-4E30-9FD6-356922F2AB06@dragffy.com> In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750709211713o36dfabb5ua9f57747d75dc44@mail.gmail.com> References: <9F2B2568-9F37-4422-85F4-4740533A0DAD@dragffy.com> <26ddd1750709211713o36dfabb5ua9f57747d75dc44@mail.gmail.com>
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On 22 Sep 2007, at 01:13, Maxim Khitrov wrote: > On 9/21/07, Gabriel Dragffy <gabe@dragffy.com> wrote: >> Hi all >> >> Hoping to get some help setting up software RAID5. Guides on the >> internet seem to be few and far between, and official documentation >> is a little too technical. Basically I have 3 x 500GB hard drives >> which I'd like to have in a raid5 configuration, using software, root >> partition on their too would be a bonus. I'd be grateful for >> assistance. >> >> Best regards >> >> Gabriel > >> From what I know, you're not going to be able to boot from them. > However, a simple solution to that is to get a 64+ MB USB flash drive > and put the kernel on that. Just use fdisk and bsdlabel to write the > boot blocks. As long as the kernel has all needed drivers and you > specify which root device to use (either via kernel configuration or > /etc/fstab), that should allow you to put everything else on the RAID > array. This is how I currently do full-disk encryption on my laptop > using GELI. Kernel is outside, everything else is encrypted, same idea > for RAID. Hi Maxim This sounds good. How exactly did you manage to encrypt discs and then install freebsd there? I can just about setup software raid once freebsd is installed, but by then I am unable to use a hard drive because it already has freebsd on it. Regards gabe
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