Quoting MOLNAR Ingo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> it's not possible to change the size of a RAID array after creation at
> this point. So hotadd makes no sense as it's only used to add/remove spare
> and failed disks from _redundant_ arrays that have a concept of
> failed/spare disks.
Can you create a s
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Nick wrote:
> P.S.: is there a plan to support hotadd for partitions in a raid-0 array?
it's not possible to change the size of a RAID array after creation at
this point. So hotadd makes no sense as it's only used to add/remove spare
and failed disks from _redundant_ arrays
I think your confusion is caused by two general points: (a) you are mistaken
about some of the details of how RAID now works (e.g. auto-recognition), and
(b) more importantly, you are concentrating on where you are coming from,
rather than where you are trying to get to.
Let's think about how thi
On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Mike Black wrote:
> If you make your RAID partitions type 86 the latest RAID patches against
> 2.1.124 (also works on 2.1.125) will allow you to boot from a floppy. The
> kernel will automagically recognize the RAID partitions and mount them
> itself (withouth the need for
aid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 9:55 AM
Subject: My Example
At 12:37 1998/10/13 +0100, Bruno Prior wrote:
>Briefly, to summarize the steps you need to take:
>
>In raidtools-0.90: ./autogen.sh; make; make install; make install_dev
>
>Create /e
At 12:37 1998/10/13 +0100, Bruno Prior wrote:
>Briefly, to summarize the steps you need to take:
>
>In raidtools-0.90: ./autogen.sh; make; make install; make install_dev
>
>Create /etc/raidtab (you can base this on raidtab.sample in raidtools-0.90)
>
>mkraid -f /dev/md* (to initialize the RAID dev
