Subject: Re: Installing onto raid1
To: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/18/2002 15:37:05
	Yes. You need less than 100 sectors, but one clyinder makes
	the disklabels much easier.

On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:

> DB>
> DB> 	- disklabel wd1, and ensure wd1a starts at least 100 blocks from
> DB> 	  the start of the disk (a cylinder is a good unit), wd1c should
>
> all values are in sectors...so for one cylinder, you mean if:
>
> sectors/cylinder: 1520
>
> ...then offset should be 1520?
>
> This to allow for bootblocks?
>
> -lava
>
> DB> 	  be identical to wd1d. You can raid the entire disk, or just part,
> DB> 	  using the remainder for less critical storage, or even swap.
> DB>
> DB> 	- Create /etc/raid0.conf, note 'wd9a' should be a non existant disk
> DB> 	    START array
> DB> 	    1 2 0
>
>

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