From: Markus Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:10:07 +0000 (-0700) Subject: (no commit message) X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/da45069e011a05ad9ae13cc75ce0cc8833232e02 --- diff --git a/docs/docs/howtos/howtosoftwareraid/index.mdwn b/docs/docs/howtos/howtosoftwareraid/index.mdwn index 5c404d9f..0fa7547f 100644 --- a/docs/docs/howtos/howtosoftwareraid/index.mdwn +++ b/docs/docs/howtos/howtosoftwareraid/index.mdwn @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ I want to use dfBSD as our company fileserver for important backups. Also I foun On an already running System I want to add a cheap inexpensive pool of disks keeping mission critical data. Failure tolerance is more important than speed. -[[!toc levels=2]] +[[!toc levels=3]] # Pre-steps @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dmesg reveales: Perfect, there they are: ad10 .. ad18 :-) -### Problems finding the disks? +#### Problems finding the disks? But you see the controller in the dmnesg message? First, maybe natacontrol doesn't find them because the ata channel is not attached. So attach it first! You can operate on the channels with the following commands: @@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ Do it, until natacontrol can list all single disks you are going to use. For further investigation you can try out other commands to find the disks: also look out for the disks - > sysctl kern.disks - > kern.disks: ad18 ad16 ad14 ad12 da0 da1 md0 + + sysctl kern.disks + + kern.disks: ad18 ad16 ad14 ad12 da0 da1 md0 + You could also use the devattr command: devattr -m driver:disk @@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ You could also use the devattr command: -## Chosing the right RAID +# Chosing the right RAID You can look around in the intert for various Raid calculators A very helpful page for general info is this one: http://www.icc-usa.com/raid-calculator.asp