RAID1 in F9

redhatdude at bellsouth.net redhatdude at bellsouth.net
Fri Jun 27 20:35:53 UTC 2008



-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Zlatko <zlatko.trescec at kc.htnet.hr>
>
> On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 19:44 +0000, redhatdude at bellsouth.net wrote:
> Is it possible to set two hard drives as a raid for storage that is not part 
> of the main fedora installation?
> I'm only interested in creating a shared volume on the network for a couple of 
> people to store files.
> > If so, what would be the correct approach?
> > Thanks guys,
> > EJ
> > 
> 
> 
> Of course... you only have to mount those disks on some directory in
> order to use it. Just think of it as additional disks, as if you would
> plugged in USB disk or USB stick.
> Raid configuration of those disks are part of fedora
> installation/configuration the moment you mount it, and you can see if
> RAID is working either through `cat /proc/mdstat` or through `mdadm
> --misc --detail /dev/md?`.
> You can mount it through /etc/fstab, or manually each time computer
> starts.
> 
> 
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So, I got both drives 500 MB each inside the computer.
I can see them in /dev.
How do I format them with fdisk?
Do I have to make partitions? I'm lost here.
EJ





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