Bug 15899

Summary:	Installation documentation does not describe how to use existing software raid
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Arto Viitanen <arto.viitanen>
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide	Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	vapier
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml
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Description Arto Viitanen 2003-02-18 01:36:09 UTC

The installation documentation does not tell what to do when installing over
an existing Linux system. Particulary, it does not tell that to use software
raid, one has to run the "evms" program, instead of trying to load (nonexisting) 
md -module.
That was my problem. It might be suitable to mention something about software
raid for those who install onto a clean system. The documentation says that only
partitiontypes 82 and 83 can be used. For softraid, type fd is better, since
root can be on a software raid filesystem, if partition is of type fd.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2003-02-18 02:07:37 UTC

you dont have to use the program evms to use software raid ... 
 
as for the 'md' module, it is a real kernel module, it represents 'Raid Support' in 2.4.x 
kernels ...

Comment 2 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-02-19 19:35:50 UTC

Agreed w/ spanky, and what partition type is fd?

Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-05-04 06:49:41 UTC

fd:  Linux raid auto

Comment 4 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-05-07 03:53:25 UTC

This has been around long enough. I'm taking this one... It only requires a minor change to the docs (mentioning 'fd' for software RAID partitions).

Comment 5 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-05-08 02:59:17 UTC

Fixed in CVS.