From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 22 07:42:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16BD216A418 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:42:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A706B13C447 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:42:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr13.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8M7gNqK033741; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:42:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8ADD0B869; Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:42:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:42:23 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Gabriel Dragffy Message-ID: <20070922074223.GA22262@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Gabriel Dragffy , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <9F2B2568-9F37-4422-85F4-4740533A0DAD@dragffy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9F2B2568-9F37-4422-85F4-4740533A0DAD@dragffy.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software RAID5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:42:54 -0000 --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:50:58PM +0100, Gabriel Dragffy wrote: > Hi all >=20 > Hoping to get some help setting up software RAID5. Guides on the internet= =20 > seem to be few and far between, and official documentation is a little to= o=20 > technical. Basically I have 3 x 500GB hard drives which I'd like to have = in=20 > a raid5 configuration, using software, root partition on their too would = be=20 > a bonus. I'd be grateful for assistance. What you need for RAID5 is gvinum(8), which replaces the older vinum(4) driver. If you google for gvinum you'll find tutorials etc. AFAICT, you can't have the root device on a RAID5 gvinum. Just make a small root partition. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFG9MdfEnfvsMMhpyURAjnAAJ9s1MYOtakfijjxQrC867hQFvMm6QCfb+Lb Q4OqjB27RxR8s6TRK4qVJI0= =GGvh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs--