Root RAID HOWTO cookbook

Michael A. Robinton, michael@bzs.org

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Where to get Up-to-date copies of this document.
• 1.2 Bugs
• 1.3 Acknowledgements
• 1.4 Copyright Notice

2. What you need BEFORE YOU START

• 2.1 Required Packages
• 2.2 Other similar implementations.
• 2.3 Documentation -- Recommended Reading
• 2.4 RAID resources

3. initrd Cookbook for root mounted RAID

• 3.1 Security Reminder
• 3.2 Build the Kernel and Raid Tools
• 3.3 Build the initrd Rescue and Boot filesystem
• 3.4 Start the STEP by STEP instructions
• 3.5 Install the distribution - Slackware Specific
• 3.6 Install linux pthreads
• 3.7 Install Raid Tools
• 3.8 Remove un-needed directories and files from new filesystem.
• 3.9 Create /dev/mdx
• 3.10 Create a bare filesystem suitable for initrd
• 3.11 Modifying the rc-scripts for SHUTDOWN
• 3.12 Setting up loadlin boot for RESCUE and RAID

4. Configuring the Production RAID system.

• 4.1 System specs.
• 4.2 Partitioning the hard drives.

5. Building the RAID file system.

• 5.1 Step by Step procedures for building production RAID file system.

6. One last thought.

7. Appendix A. - Bohumil Chalupa's md0 shutdown

8. Appendix B. - complete rc.0 -> rc.6 file