On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Geof Goodrum wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Erich J. Ritzmann wrote:
>
> > I have 'blindly' subscribed to this list as I have an immediate need to
> > deploy a RAID1 system. I say blindly as I do not know where to find the
> > main linux-raid web site or FAQ.
>
> Try http://linas.org/linux/raid.html. You can find the latest RAID
> software at ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/raid/.
You are nuts if you think the docs are of ANY help. They are so
out of date, and full of error/omissions I wonder why you are pointing
this fellow there.
> > Neither, have I found the md tools on my Red Hat 5.2 distribution CD.
> > This surprised me because the kernel code supporting raid seems to have
> > been in place for quite some time.
>
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We should not criticize Redhat for putting obsolete code on their
distro. A while back, when Redhat followed a more bleeding edge approach,
they constantly put beta software on their distro, and received much more
criticism for it - hence the resulting obsolete inclusions.
Instead of pointing fingers at Redhat, I would ask if there is
someone with teh Linux-raid community that actively corresponds with
redhat to let them know of current status of linux-raid? Ingo etal. seem
to be doing a superb job in adding funtionality and fixing bugs quickly,
but that does result in a myriad of patches being issued fairly
regularily -> is it Redhat's responsibility to keep track of linux-raid,
or is it our responsibility to inform them of stable releases?
