!nkubus Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 (edited) I want to build a software raid on my mandrake server, i have 2 80 gig hd on it and want to build a RAID 5 who will end into a mirror raid because i only have 2 disk ;) I just want o know if there is an easy way to do it in mandrake i read somewhere that red hat and suse autmagically do it in the installatin is this the same for mandrake if yes how? thanks Edited April 8, 2004 by !nkubus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 !nkubus.... I think you want RAID 1 (not 5) However, once you choose its in diskdrake. You create 2 identical sized partitions with no file system then make them say md1 and md2 then create md0 as the mirror of md1 and md2 .. then the filesystem goes on md0... It sound complex to descibe but its really not.... this osrt of thing is often ewasier to see if you draw it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!nkubus Posted April 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 o i think i ge it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurfahBoy808 Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 you need at least 3 hard drives to do RAID 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!nkubus Posted April 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 yeah i read about it. ill do a mirror raid, and practice with loopfs (mounting iso) before ruining my installation thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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