Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:18:04 +0800 From: "Daniel Marsh" <daniel@stiw.org> To: "Norberto Meijome" <freebsd@meijome.net>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Bootstrapping Raid 5 w/GEOM Message-ID: <op.st848eu4jjurwa@dyn94.dcjarmichael.com.au> In-Reply-To: <42DF4A96.1080305@meijome.net> References: <42DF4A96.1080305@meijome.net>
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On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:11:18 +0800, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> wrote: > Hi all, > I have a box with 4 x 120 GB EIDE drives which I want to convert to > FreeBSD 5.4 ( it's an old SNAP 4500 from Snap Appliance, now owned by > Adaptec, running a custom build of Linux) > > I want to setup software Raid 5 , and I want it to affect ALL > partitions, including / (so if any one of the drives fails, it will > still boot up properly). I am planning on using GEOM, but open to > suggestions. > > I've been searching and cant find any pointers on how to set this up > properly. I've been reading http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ , but > this is works for RAID 1. > > Could anyone offer any insights / ideas / pointers (or step by step if > you so feel inclined to :-) ) on how to set this up? > > Thanks in advance, > Beto See gmirror and geom. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gmirror&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geom&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html
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