Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:42:23 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Gabriel Dragffy <gabe@dragffy.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software RAID5 Message-ID: <20070922074223.GA22262@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <9F2B2568-9F37-4422-85F4-4740533A0DAD@dragffy.com> References: <9F2B2568-9F37-4422-85F4-4740533A0DAD@dragffy.com>
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--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--
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