Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > >> Hi all >> >> I'm looking at setting up software RAID 10, using CentOS 5.1 x64 - what >> is the best way todo this? >> >> I'm reading some sources on the internet, and get a lot of different >> "suggestions" >> >> 1 suggestion says to boot up with a Live CD like Knoppix or >> SystemRescueCD, setup the RAID 10 partitions, and then install Linux >> from there. >> 2. Another is to setup a small RAID 1 on the first 2 HDD's, install >> Linux, bootup, and then setup the rest as RAID 10 >> >> The others didn't really make sense to me, so how do I >> actually do this? >> >> And then, how do I setup the partitioning? Do I setup /boot on a >> separate RAID "partition"? If so, what happens if I want to >> replace the 1st 2 HDD's with bigger ones? >> > > What's the hardware setup? > > -Ross > > ______________________________________________________________________ > I didn't really specify any, cause I want to keep it purely software. Generally it would be on a generic PIV motherboard with 4 / 6 SATA, or even mixed SATA & IDE HDD's - all new, so at least 80GB per HDD -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff