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Next Previous Contents Boot + Root + Raid + Lilo : Software Raid HOWTO Michael Robinton, Michael@BizSystems.com v1.04, July 20, 2025 This document provides a cookbook for setting up root raid using the 0.90 raidtools for bootable raid mounted on root using standard LILO. Also covered is the conversion of a conventional disk to a raid1 or raid5 mirror set without the loss of data on the original disk. 1. Introduction 1.1 Acknowledgements 1.2 Bugs 1.3 Copyright Notice 2. What you need BEFORE YOU START 2.1 Required Packages 2.2 Where to get Up-to-date copies of this document. 2.3 Documentation -- Recommended Reading 2.4 RAID resources 3. Bootable Raid 3.1 Booting RAID 1 with standard LILO 3.2 Detailed explaination of lilo.conf for raid boot 4. Upgrading from non-raid to RAID1/4/5 4.1 Step 1 - prepare a new kernel 4.2 Step 2 - set up raidtab for your new raid. 4.3 Create, format, and configure RAID 4.4 Copy the current OS to the new raid device 4.5 Test your new RAID 4.6 Integrate old disk into raid array 5. Appendix A. - example raidtab 6. Appendix B. - SCSI reference implementation RAID5 7. Appendix C. - ide RAID10 with initrd 8. Appendix D. - ide RAID1-10 with initrd Next Previous Contents

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