Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 16:06:59 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@nasby.net> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> Cc: laursen@netgroup.dk, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software raid 1 on root partition? Message-ID: <20020712160659.F51502@flake.decibel.org> In-Reply-To: <20020711200902.3653b534.steve@sohara.org>; from steve@sohara.org on Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 08:09:02PM %2B0200 References: <25f401c228d4$a3482fb0$1a01000a@area51> <20020711091015.B51520@flake.decibel.org> <20020711200902.3653b534.steve@sohara.org>
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 08:09:02PM +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. This is new then, if it actually supports vinum. What is a SPAN? -- Jim C. Nasby (aka Decibel!) jim@nasby.net Member: Triangle Fraternity, Sports Car Club of America Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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