Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 12:55:46 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> Cc: jim@nasby.net, laursen@netgroup.dk, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software raid 1 on root partition? Message-ID: <20020713032546.GD61459@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20020711200902.3653b534.steve@sohara.org> References: <25f401c228d4$a3482fb0$1a01000a@area51> <20020711091015.B51520@flake.decibel.org> <20020711200902.3653b534.steve@sohara.org>
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On Thursday, 11 July 2002 at 20:09:02 +0200, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:10:15 -0500 > "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net> wrote: > > JCN> No, there is no support for software raid on the root partition. This is > JCN> on the vinum wishlist, though, so hopefully it will happen at some > > Er - have you seen man atacontrol in RELENG_4 lately ? I will > quote the most pertinent extract: > > Allthough the ATA driver allows for creating an ATA RAID on > disks on any controller, there are restrictions. It is only pos > sible to boot on an array if its either located on a "real" ATA > RAID controller like the Promise or Highpoint controllers, or if > the RAID declared is of RAID1 or SPAN type, in case of a SPAN > the partition to boot must reside on the first disk in the SPAN > > So the answer is - yes you can. The question was about software RAID. That's currently still not possible. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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