Add hardware RAID 1 to existing linux installation
Hi,
I have Fedora Core 4 installed on a PC with two IDE disks. I've just added a SATA RAID card and attached 2 identical 500Gb SATA disks. I want to set up a 500Gb mirrored partition (RAID1) using these 2 disks, purely for file storage.
As far as I can make out, I've correctly made the RAID 1 array using the SATA card's utility at boot-up. The trouble is (or perhaps this is normal), Fedora can see both SATA disks and is allowing me to partition them independently (allthough not mount, for some reason).
Can anyone give me step-by-step instructions on how to partition, format and mount these disks as a single 500Gb mirrored partition?
Thanks in advance
I have Fedora Core 4 installed on a PC with two IDE disks. I've just added a SATA RAID card and attached 2 identical 500Gb SATA disks. I want to set up a 500Gb mirrored partition (RAID1) using these 2 disks, purely for file storage.
As far as I can make out, I've correctly made the RAID 1 array using the SATA card's utility at boot-up. The trouble is (or perhaps this is normal), Fedora can see both SATA disks and is allowing me to partition them independently (allthough not mount, for some reason).
Can anyone give me step-by-step instructions on how to partition, format and mount these disks as a single 500Gb mirrored partition?
Thanks in advance
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thats a bit of a worry, if you correctly configured hardware raid you should only see one disk, perhaps you'd better post back some of what you have done with any messages you have received.