[geeks] Linux software RAID question

[Jochen Kunz]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 10:05:29PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:

> Is it possible to change a RHEL install to software RAID (mirrored /boot,
> /, etc) *after* install? 
I migrated a Debian GNU/Linux instalation to RAID1 after doing a normal
instalation to a single disk. Setup a single sided mirror, copy
eveything to the mirror, adjust fstab, lilo.conf etc. reboot and add the
"old" disk to the mirror. With the help of google I found a HOWTO
describing this. Sorry, no URL, as I am on "vacation" at the LinuxTag.

Just a note: I got trouble bootig after installation. I suspect a LBA
addressing problem with lilo. (lilo is no bootloader, ist is a boot
sector virus.) So I recommend a small boot partition at the beginning of
the disk. 
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         Jochen

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