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<TITLE>Boot + Root + Raid + Lilo : Software Raid mini-HOWTO: What you need BEFORE YOU START</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s2">2. What you need BEFORE YOU START</A></H2>
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<P>The packages you need and the documentation that answers the most common
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questions about setting up and running raid are listed below. Please review
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them throughly.
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 Required Packages</A>
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<P>You need to obtain the most recent versions of these packages.
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<UL>
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<LI>a linux kernel that supports raid, initrd
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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I used
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/">linux-2.2.14</A>
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from kernel.org
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/raid/alpha/">ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/raid/alpha/</A>
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the most recent tools and patch that adds support for modern raid1/4/5
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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I used
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<A HREF="http://people.redhat.com/mingo/raid-patches/raid-2.2.14-B1">http://people.redhat.com/mingo/raid-patches/</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Where to get Up-to-date copies of this document.</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Click here to browse the
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.bizsystems.net/pub/raid/Boot+Root+Raid+LILO.html">author's latest version</A> of
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this document. Corrections and suggestions welcome!
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<P>Boot Root Raid + LILO HOWTO
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<P>Available in LaTeX (for DVI and PostScript), plain text, and HTML.
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Boot+Root+Raid+LILO.html"> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Boot+Root+Raid+LILO.html</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Available in SGML and HTML.
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.bizsystems.net/pub/raid/">ftp.bizsystems.net/pub/raid/</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 Documentation -- Recommended Reading</A>
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</H2>
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<P><B>If you plan on using raid1/5 over raid0, please read:</B>
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<B>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/initrd.txt</B>
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>
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<P>as well as the documentation and man pages that accompany
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the raidtools set.
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<P>and.....
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<A HREF="http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html">Software-RAID-HOWTO.html</A><P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4 RAID resources</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Mailing lists can be joined at:
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<LI>This one seems quiet:
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<A HREF="mailto:majordomo@nuclecu.unam.mx">majordomo@nuclecu.unam.mx</A><I> send a message to</I>
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<B>subscribe raiddev</B><P>send mail to:
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<A HREF="mailto:raiddev@nuclecu.unam.mx">raiddev@nuclecu.unam.mx</A><P>
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<LI>Raid development:
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<A HREF="mailto:majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu">majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu</A><I> send a message to</I>
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<B>subscribe linux-raid</B><P>send mail to:
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<A HREF="mailto:linux-raid@vger.rutgers.edu">linux-raid@vger.rutgers.edu</A>
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<I>(this seems to be the most active list)</I>
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