Re: RAID with IDE-disks ?

[Lee Howard <faxguy server deanox com>]

I would recommend getting away from the software RAID if possible (backup your files and start anew).  It's so much trouble and so little benefit.

But, I have configured software RAID successfully with kernel 2.2.16.  You need to get the raidtools kernel patch from the current maintainer.  I can't remember his name right now, but he works at RedHat, and the patches are located on his webspace on the RedHat server.  Search through the linux-kernel mailing list archives for raidtools, and you'll find the info.

There are a number of things that you have to enable in the kernel (make menuconfig) to enable it, but I'm not in a place where I can remember them.  I've got notes down, but I'm not with them.

Lee Howard


Quoting Thomas Drottvik <thomas.drottvik@ifsab.se>:

> Hi
> 
> It´s a bit off topic but I thought someone could help me out anny ways.
> I have an RH 6.2 with the 2.2.12 kernel and a  working RAID
> configuration.
> Now to the problem I want to upgrade to the 2.2.17 kernel... (I used an
> *.tar version)
> 
> I have tried to compile it the RAID support within the kernel or as a
> module
> but I can´t get 
> it to work.... 
> 
> I asked someone about some raidtools but the raidtools that
> ftp.kernel.org
> has is for kernel 2.2.11 and
> I don´t want to use a kernel under 2.2.16 cuze of the exploit risk in
> lower
> kernels.
> I also have tried to upgrade to the 2.2.16 kernel with rpm but then I
> blow
> the system again and was forced to 
> reinstall the whole system again... 
> 
> Need help badly on this one... hope I have given enough information ... 
> 
> TTYL