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Date:      Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:32:25 -0700
From:      Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
To:        Johan Paul <mailing-lists@johanpaul.com>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Setup of a software RAID-1 to an existing system?
Message-ID:  <200306231032.25005.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
In-Reply-To: <3EF60140.8010802@johanpaul.com>
References:  <3EF60140.8010802@johanpaul.com>

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On Sunday 22 June 2003 12:19 pm, Johan Paul wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I am pretty new to FreeBSD but thought it might be a nice idea to
> migrate from a Linux server to a FreeBSD one.
>
> My question is regarding software RAID-1 for this FreeBSD box. I have
> two IDE equally sized hard drives and I installed FreeBSD 4.8 on the
> other one. Now the question is: can I make a RAID-1 array of these
> two disks while FreeBSD is installed on the other one (using vinum or
> other...)? Or how do I get RAID-1 to work on these two disks?

The Complete FreeBSD (O'Reilly) has a complete chapter on Vinum. It is 
very well written, and includes a section on installing FreeBSD to 
Vinum.

David



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