RAID on Tyan Tomcat K8E

[Ken Gunderson]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:39:38 -0600
"Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd at over-yonder.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 11:10:18PM +0100 I heard the voice of
> Daniel Rock, and lo! it spake thus:
> > 
> > So you really just have the choice between two different software
> > solutions: "device ataraid" or "options GEOM_MIRROR".
> 
> Except that the ataraid solution will boot off the second drive if the
> first fails, and the RAID can be setup in the BIOS and be ready for
> the OS when you fire up sysinstall the first time.
> 
> (assuming the nvidia RAID is supported, which I think it is, but I
> don't really know)

gmirror will boot off the second drive no problem.

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Ken Gunderson

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