(info) RAID5 root, 3TB Harddisk
William Park
opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Sun Dec 18 21:32:39 UTC 2011
Hi All,
Now that I'm between courses, I was able to do few things from my TODO list.
1. Mounting RAID5 as / (root).
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This required "initrd" and separate /boot partition. I'm using
256MB USB stick as /boot. When computer boots, it loads kernel and
initrd.gz from the USB stick. Then, it brings up RAID5 as /dev/md0,
and "switch_root" to that. So, I only have /dev/md0 as /.
Before, I used to have separate partitions for / (real disk) and
/home (RAID5). Nothing wrong with that, but less partitions means
less maintenance.
2. 3TB Hardisk = $149.99
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TigerDirect is selling Hitache 3TB USB 2.0 external harddisk for
$149.99. I bought one today, and doing "dd" right now. I don't
smell any burning plastic... yet.
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William
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