Re: [LUG] mirrors and raid

[Alex Charrett <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 10:51, Steve Marvell wrote:
> I don't know if I asked this before, ...
> 
> Is it posible to install linux (Debian) on a machine that has two
> disks in it, such that the root (or "only") discs are mirrored? It
> seem impossible to mirror afterwards, so how do you do it from the
> start?
> 
> If not, I guess you can just do it with a hardware raid array, or
> not. Does linux do straight onto a raid box?
> 
> What is your fave hardware RAID array of the moment?
> 
> Steve

I've post-install root mirrored a redhat system before, by (I think) 
doing the initial install on a third disk and the building the mirror up
and transferring the system accross.  Only headache was getting the
bootloader going iirc.

Alex.



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