Subject: Re: Multi-layered RAID devices
To: Greg Oster <oster@cs.usask.ca>
From: rudolf <netbsd@eq.cz>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/18/2005 10:50:40
Greg Oster wrote:
> No...  the autoconfiguration bits happen in the kernel long before 
> init is run.  Allowing multi-layered RAID stuff for root would likely 
> require teaching the bootblocks about RAID 0 sets, and that's quite a 
> bit harder than supporting RAID 1 sets.  (Autoconfiguration of 
> multi-layer RAID sets could be done with a little work, but there 
> hasn't bene a whole lot of demand for it...)

That's pity. Is it because all you guys like hardware raid better? :)

But I see that it's easy (/etc/rc.d/raidframe) to get around 
autoconfiguration when I have no need to have root on m-lr.

Thanks,

r.