<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Boot + Root + Raid + Lilo : Software Raid mini-HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Boot + Root + Raid + Lilo : Software Raid mini-HOWTO</H1> <H2>Michael Robinton, <A HREF="mailto:michael@bizsystems.com">Michael@BizSystems.com</A></H2>v1.04, July 20, 2000 <P><HR> <EM>This document provides a cookbook for setting up root raid using the 0.90 raidtools for bootable raid mounted on root using standard LILO. Also covered is the conversion of a conventional disk to a raid1 or raid5 mirror set without the loss of data on the original disk.</EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Acknowledgements</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-1.html#ss1.2">1.2 Bugs</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-1.html#ss1.3">1.3 Copyright Notice</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-2.html">What you need BEFORE YOU START</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 Required Packages</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-2.html#ss2.2">2.2 Where to get Up-to-date copies of this document.</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-2.html#ss2.3">2.3 Documentation -- Recommended Reading</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-2.html#ss2.4">2.4 RAID resources</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-3.html">Bootable Raid</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Booting RAID 1 with standard LILO</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Detailed explaination of lilo.conf for raid boot</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-4.html">Upgrading from non-raid to RAID1/4/5</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Step 1 - prepare a new kernel</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Step 2 - set up raidtab for your new raid.</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 Create, format, and configure RAID</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 Copy the current OS to the new raid device</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-4.html#ss4.5">4.5 Test your new RAID</A> <LI><A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-4.html#ss4.6">4.6 Integrate old disk into raid array</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-5.html">Appendix A. - example raidtab</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-6.html">Appendix B. - SCSI reference implementation RAID5</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-7.html">Appendix C. - ide RAID10 with initrd</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-8.html">Appendix D. - ide RAID1-10 with initrd</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="Boot+Root+Raid+LILO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>