Chris Turner wrote: > On 07/30/11 12:03, Mark Doe wrote: >> I just added a small software RAID howto with natacontrol command. please >> help to get rid of the typos and male it more complete - thanks > > Thanks for the contribution - a good overview to start! > > my (personal) thoughts: > > Think the part about checking the source code for other options can be > nixed - IIRC I don't think the raid5 code actually works but the header > bit is a placeholder - > > checking src/sys/dev/disk/nata/ata-raid.c seems to confirm this - perhaps > someone has other ideas? > > so suggesting people deviate from the 'official' documentation is probably > a bad idea
maybe the official documentation is incomplete. I can confirm that creating a RAID5 worked for me. In the source code it's not disabled (i dont know C/C++, so please correct me) from what I could see. > also: > > might want to test/add a section about removing/hotswapping drives and > rebuilding the array to 'complete the picture' > definetely, I am going to complete the guide on the week-end with rebuilding the array, etc as you suggested. thanks > </2c> > > - Chris
