[vox-tech] RAID with Linux

David Hummel vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Mon, 6 Oct 2003 15:26:07 -0700


On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 02:42:14PM -0700, Dimitri Vasileff wrote:
> Does anyone know how to install Hardware RAID with Linux?  I really
> need several hard drives for back-up. I have a machine with 4 ide
> ports, so I should get 8 hard drives working.

Are your IDE ports part of a hardware RAID controller?  If so, the
question is whether or not a Linux driver is available for it.  If not,
read up on the raidtools package (part of every major distro) for
configuration of software RAID.

David Hummel