Subject: Re: Installing onto raid1
To: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/14/2002 17:03:35
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:

> DB> > I know that NetBSD(/i386) can boot from a raid 1 device, but what is the best
> DB> > way to install onto one? Should I make some custom install floppies, or is
> DB> > there a better way?
> DB>
> DB> 	You can install as normal on one disk, get everything running and
> DB> 	use the following to switch to RAID. I've used this on systems
>
> ...any idea if this will work on non-i386? i may have to try this.
>
	It _should_ work for any platform. The only differences would be
	making sure the bootblocks work correctly. In some cases you'll
	need to put the bootblocks and kernel on a small 'boot' partition.

	What platform?

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