Does any one know what is the latest raid tools or packages needed for level 1 raid install on a none standard linux distribution.

Thanks for any help.

Jeepers. I think I'm on raidtools-0.91... Very happy with it, extrememly happy with it in combination with reiserfs.

Thanks for replying. Is that all I need to setup software Raid1 on my system. Is there any other packages I need beside RaidTools...Sorry, I have always depended on Redhat to do this for me, but now I must do it from scratch on an already running system. I would appreciate any more help on this.

Ummm. (Thinking).

Unzip the raidtools and read the README and INSTALL stuff for dependancy and kernel info. Kernel info will be important for any kernel <2.4 as you may need a patch.

Ok...I downloaded and installed .90 raidtools and followed readme instruction and I am getting this when I do:

root@viper~# mkraid /dev/md0
handling MD device /dev/md0
analyzing super-block
disk 0: /dev/sda1, 8458191kB, raid superblock at 8458112kB
/dev/sda1 is mounted
mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues.


My /proc/mdstat

root@viper~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [raid1]
read_ahead not set
unused devices: <none>
root@viper~#

My raidtab reads

root@viper/etc# more raidtab
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 1
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
persistent-superblock 1
device /dev/sda1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdb1
raid-disk 1
root@viper/etc#

I did not apply any patches cause I am running new kernel 2.47
Do I need to change a partition's system id to Linux raid auto on both disks,..Will I lose any data if do this on partition that is currently running the OS??

Any ideas ???