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NAME="INTRO">1. Introduction</H1
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>The goal of this HOWTO document is to explain how to setup RAID 1 (mirroring) with the two hard disks and install bootable RedHat Linux Operating System on the mirror device. This document discusses both methods of achieving this goal: 1. Using Promise supplied driver 2. Using Linux native RAID. If you choose the first method (using Promise supplied driver), you must use the Kernel 2.4.7-10 that comes with RedHat 7.2 CD. If you choose the second method, you can upgrade the kernel to the latest kernel (2.4.18). This document does not discuss Striping or other disk configurations, although the author believes that this document might help setup those configurations. This document does not yet cover: 1. Installation using GRUB instead of LILO and 2. Installation with Latest development kernels (2.5.x).</P
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> First of all we need a bit of legalese. Recent development
shows it is quite important.
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NAME="COPYRIGHT">1.1. Copyright Information</H2
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>© 2002 Murty Rompalli</P
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> This document is copyrighted © 2002 Murty Rompalli and is
distributed under the terms of the <A
HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.txt"
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>GNU Free Documentation License</A
> and additional terms described below.</P
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> This Linux HOWTO document may
be reproduced and distributed in whole or in part, in any medium
physical or electronic, as long as this copyright notice is
retained on all copies. Commercial redistribution is allowed and
encouraged; however, the author would like to be notified of any
such distributions.
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> All translations, derivative works, or aggregate works
incorporating this Linux HOWTO document must be covered under this
copyright notice. That is, you may not produce a derivative work
from this HOWTO document and impose additional restrictions on its
distribution. Exceptions to these rules may be granted under
certain conditions; please contact the Linux HOWTO coordinator at
this address <TT
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>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu"
>linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu</A
>&#62;</TT
>.
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> In short, the author wishes to promote dissemination of this
information through as many channels as possible but
wish to retain copyright on this HOWTO document, and would like to
be notified of any plans to redistribute this HOWTO document.
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NAME="DISCLAIMER">1.2. Disclaimer</H2
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> No liability for the contents of this documents can be accepted.
Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk.
As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors
and inaccuracies, that may of course be damaging to your system.
Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely,
the author does not take any responsibility for that.
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> All copyrights are held by their by their respective owners, unless
specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document
should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark
or service mark.
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> Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen
as endorsements.
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> You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system
before major installation and backups at regular intervals.
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NAME="NEWVERSIONS">1.3. New Versions</H2
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>The newest version of this HOWTO will always be made available on my website <A
HREF="http://www.murty.net/ataraid/"
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>http://www.murty.net/ataraid/</A
>, or you may contact me directly at <TT
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>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:murty at solar . murty . net"
>murty at solar . murty . net</A
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> <EM
>Your name here, if you contribute :)
</EM
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>Luc de Louw &#60;luc at delouw.ch&#62; corrected errors in my SGML source.</P
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>Joy Y Goodreau &#60;joyg at us.ibm.com&#62; corrected errors in my SGML source.</P
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>In this version I have the pleasure of acknowledging:</P
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>Alain Portal &#60;alain.portal at free.fr&#62;, Service Commun de Microscopie Electronique for proof-reading and correcting mistakes.</P
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> Feedback is most certainly welcome for this document. Without
your submissions and input, this document wouldn't exist. Please
send your additions, comments and criticisms to the following
email address : <TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:murty at solar. murty . net"
>murty at solar. murty . net</A
>&#62;</TT
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>Please help International users who do not speak English. You are encouraged to translate this document to a foreign language. Please notify the author if you translated or would like to translate this document into a foreign language. The following translation efforts are already under way.
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> French Translation is coming soon. Thanks go to Alain Portal.
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