UP2000 and 'Software' Raid

DiskMan · External Since: Oct 11, 2005 Posts: 20

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Staffan Tjernstrom · External Since: Aug 29, 2006 Posts: 10

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 01:05 -0600, DiskMan wrote:
> Is it possible to setup alpha linux with software raid? The reason I ask
> is, sometime ago I attempted it and all it did was complain about how it
> wasn't compatible with BSD slices and the like. No matter what I did, I
> couldn't get the bugger up and running. WillieG
I'm not at all sure, but I'm guessing it would be tricky. AIUI the trick
would have to involve marking the partitions with a RAID partition type,
and I'm not sure that plays well on Alpha (given the oddities we have to
go through for boot sectors et al).

More likely to work for a data (virtual) drive than a boot drive I'd
imagine.

Alan Walpool · External Since: Oct 13, 2004 Posts: 15

>>>>> "Staffan" == Staffan Tjernstrom <news RemoveThis @staffan.tjernstrom.name> writes:

Staffan> On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 01:05 -0600, DiskMan wrote:
>> Is it possible to setup alpha linux with software raid? The reason
>> I ask is, sometime ago I attempted it and all it did was complain
>> about how it wasn't compatible with BSD slices and the like. No
>> matter what I did, I couldn't get the bugger up and running.
>> WillieG
Staffan> I'm not at all sure, but I'm guessing it would be tricky.
Staffan> AIUI the trick would have to involve marking the partitions
Staffan> with a RAID partition type, and I'm not sure that plays well
Staffan> on Alpha (given the oddities we have to go through for boot
Staffan> sectors et al).

Staffan> More likely to work for a data (virtual) drive than a boot
Staffan> drive I'd imagine.

That is how I did it. My boot drive is BSD labeled and data raid drives are
not BSD labeled.

Good luck

DEMAINE Benoit-Pierre · External Since: Jan 16, 2005 Posts: 24

DiskMan wrote:
> Is it possible to setup alpha linux with software raid?

Yes; as easy as on any other arch. Debian was easiest to me.

> The reason I ask
> is, sometime ago I attempted it and all it did was complain about how it
> wasn't compatible with BSD slices and the like. No matter what I did, I
> couldn't get the bugger up and running. WillieG

BSD slices has nothing to do with RAID.

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