Installing a software raid 10 debian system with luks disk. Setting up a raid system with slackware is not extremely difficult once you have a. Txt the howto for installing slackware on a software raid root filesystem. Could mean the same model, andor same firmware, andor same bios version. The first slackware release of 2004, slackware linux 10. This document is intended for building a software raid 1 using devmd with sata hard drives. In my case, the root filesystem is installed on a raid 1 partition nonlvm, and other filesystems like home, tmp, and swap are on lvm logical volumes on top of raid 1 or.
Find answers to load a raid driver on bootup slackware 10. Linuxs mdadm utility can be used to turn a group of underlying storage. In this howto, i install slackware on 3 sofware raid0 configurations using mdadm. After a few experiment, i notice, the problem only exist in my linux that uses software raid. This article will attempt to assist with installing slackware using linux software raid. During installation only the efi partition sda1 is formatted, elilo was written correctly and slackware boot. One does not need to say anything about devsda2 in nf. There are three basic ways to install software in slackware. Now that you have slackware running, you should consider spending a bit of time caring for your computers good health. With hardware raid youll need another card that is compatible with the one you currently have. I choose for software raid with the md driver because then it is possible to use.
Installing slackware 14 on a linux software raid 1 mirroring this is beginners guide on how to install slackware linux 14 on a raid 1 mirrored drive. Configuring raid 5 on windows server 2012 r2 duration. Create directory for mounting usb and iso 1 mkdir 111 222 2 mount devsdc1 111 3 mount o loop 111boot slackware currentinstalldvd. Here we will use both raid 0 and raid 1 to perform a raid 10 setup with. Txt how to install slackware optionally leaving a windows installation intact on a computer with uefi instead of oldfashioned bios. I am not sure, but may be slackware rename your raid partition.
Mirroring is writing data to two or more hard drive disks hdds at the same time if one disk fails, the mirror image preserves the data from the failed disk. Im not sure if mdadm block partition software raid can be mounted and installed into using ma. Properly set up, slackware s desktop is suitable for any level of linux experience. Kernel support for x dri the direct rendering interface brings highspeed hardware accelerated 3d graphics to linux. Dvr software doesnt care about raid because its invisible to it. I create raid partitions and started raid, created 2 efi partition. Subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, hgst grants to the original end user of the products licensee a personal, nonexclusive and nontransferable license to use the specific. For anyone interested in installing x windows, slackware 10 is again about as good as it gets with both gnome 2. If youre hell bent on using hardware raid, and have a legit reason for needing hardware raid over software raid, order a spare card now, before the array is even active. Boot the system with slackware 14 iso and then when prompted, choose the appropriate keyboard type. This series will be an update from my previous series, which covered slackware 14. When those vulnerabilities are critical to the health of your computer, then slackware will usually publish a patched version of the software package. Ran through the remaining slackware install process as usual, allowing it to drop the kernel into boot and choosing devmd0 as the root during lilo installation.
The raid used here was linuxs own software raid, which always works. It has been recently updated to reflect changes in slackware 9. How to build a sata raid software using slackware linux. The slackware documentation project overview of pages per namespace. Installing slackware 12 on linux software raid and lvm2.
This article describes how i installed slackware 12 onto linux software raid partitions and lvm logical volumes. The software which was installed as part of the slackware release you are running, may develop vulnerabilities over time. But then take 1020mb of the the swap partition on the first drive and use that for boot. Slackware linux does not support a gui to create a raid software on first installation but you can manage easily. Scsi and ata raid volume support, and kernel support for x dri the direct rendering interface that brings highspeed hardware accelerated 3d graphics to.
Setting up a raid system with slackware is not extremely difficult once you have a good idea of what you are doing. Raid 10 300gb with 6 drives sounds like you need new drives. Installing slackware 12 on a software raid device this howto assumes that youre going to perform a fresh installation of slackware 12. This end user license agreement covers software andor documentation downloaded from the hgst or gtechnology website jointly, the software. The mdadm program controls linux md devices software raid arrays fedora updates aarch64 official. One for, one for home and another one for mntextras. Im trying to reset password to root account on slackware server with intel atom on intel motherboard and two hdds. There is software raid set up devices mounted during boot. Limitedtime offer applies to the first charge of a new subscription only.
There are two ways to setup raid 10, but here im going to show you both methods, but i prefer you to follow the first method, which makes the work lot easier for setting up a raid 10. Everything else can be a data drive and you are protected from a single drive failure caveat, in snapraid, you need 1 parity drive for up to 4 data drives, but a. Find answers to software raid and boot partition slackware 10. All of my 3 machines that hosts vmware are using software raid mirror. How to configure software raid10 in linux learn linux. Creating software raid 10 devices storage administration guide. Raid 0, raid 1, raid 10 all you need to know as fast as possible duration. Create the partitions volumes in windows, and install your software. It is assumed the reader is already familiar with the various raid levels and also the difference between software and hardware raid. Software raid can be implemented using either lvm or btrfs, so in that case it loosely supports raid i suppose. Some local raid controllers allow you to create volumes at the raid level, and i strongly discourage this. First, verify that all the 4 added disks are detected or not using the following command.
I suppose that i must add another entry for the second sdb1 efi partition. Slackware s desktop should be suitable for any level of linux experience. The mdadm program controls linux md devices software raid arrays fedora updates armhfp. If you need to compile a program from source code, making it into your own package is easy and useful. Carefully read the arch raid wiki entry and see if you can reference this setup in the prepare installation section of ma. It is the first time i played with software raid and lvm.
We will create a software raid 10 setup, with lvm and luks full disk encryption. I have an working manual for installing slackware with grub on raid. The hardware raid you find on motherboards is more a sort of software raid. This article explains how to create a software raid system based on slackware 14 in hdd with advanced format 4kb physical sectors. Software raid troubleshoot slackware documentation project. How to backup a linux server running a software raid. I tried with one machine without software raid, the default scsi virtual disk works fine, even in io high load. I want to share my experiment with installing linux on a 3 disk md raid10.
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