Bug 676796

Summary:	Complete_Handbook/Software_RAID should mention CONFIG_DM_RAID
Product:	Websites	Reporter:	peter <peter>
Component:	Wiki	Assignee:	Gentoo Wiki Team <wiki>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description peter@prh.myzen.co.uk 2019-01-29 14:26:42 UTC

My system uses an NVMe drive for primary storage, so I didn't have CONFIG_DM_RAID set. When I tried to create a raid-1 volume on sda2 and sdb2, mdadm fell over every time.

After setting CONFIG_DM_RAID=y (in the SCSI section) and rebooting, the same command worked as expected.

Please add a short section to the wiki to make this requirement clear:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Complete_Handbook/Software_RAID#Installing_the_Tools

Perhaps most people will have this set already, but some evidently won't.

Comment 1 Brian Evans (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2019-01-29 14:40:01 UTC

Bugs are not the place to suggest wiki changes.  That goes in the Discussion page of the article.

Wiki bugs are for the software itself

Comment 2 Brian Evans (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2019-01-29 14:46:03 UTC

That said, most articles not in a namespace are editable by anyone who wishes to take on the task.