Linux ATA RAID HOWTO

Murty Rompalli

           murty@solar.m u r t y.n e t
        

April 26, 2002

Revision History
Revision 2.02002-05-10Revised by: mr
Major enhancements
Revision 1.32002-05-07Revised by: jyg
format fixes
Revision 1.22002-04-30Revised by: mr
Minor fixes
Revision 1.12002-04-28Revised by: ldl
Some minor changes and sgml-improvements
Revision 1.02002-04-26Revised by: mr
Initial Release

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Copyright Information
1.2. Disclaimer
1.3. New Versions
1.4. Credits
1.5. Feedback
1.6. Translations
2. Requirements
3. Prepare Promise Driver Floppy
4. Preparing RedHat 7.2 CDs
5. Installing Red Hat 7.2
6. Installing Native Linux RAID
7. Installing on an existing Linux system
7.1. Append Line
7.2. Determining the Append Line
7.3. Setting Up RAID 1
8. Upgrading Kernel
8.1. Promise Technology (ft) Driver with OS on RAID mirror
8.2. Promise Technology (ft) Driver with non-OS data on RAID mirror
8.3. Linux Native (ataraid) Driver with OS on RAID mirror
8.4. Linux Native (ataraid) Driver with non-OS data on RAID mirror
9. Disabling RAID feature on Promise FastTrack
9.1. Case 1: OS not using RAID
9.2. Case 2: OS is using RAID
10. Tips and Important Notes
11. For more information
A. How is this document generated