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Figure 10.6. Making a RAID Device and Assigning a Mount Point
4. Enter a mount point.
5. Choose the file system type for the partition. At this point you can either configure a dynamic LVM
file system or a traditional static ext2/ext3 file system. For more information on configuring LVM on
a RAID device, select physical volume (LVM) and then refer to
LVM is not required, continue on with the following instructions.
6. Select a device name such as md0 for the RAID device.
7. Choose your RAID level. You can choose from RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5. If you need
assistance in determining which RAID level to implement, refer to
Independent Disks
Note
If you are making a RAID partition of /boot/, you must choose RAID level 1, and it
must use one of the first two drives (IDE first, SCSI second). If you are not creating a
seperate RAID partition of /boot/, and you are making a RAID partition for the root
file system (/), it must be RAID level 1 and must use one of the first two drives (IDE
first, SCSI second).
(RAID).
Creating the RAID Devices and Mount Points
Chapter 8, LVM
Chapter 9, Redundant Array of
Configuration. If
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