%general-entities; ]> mdadm-&mdadm-version; mdadm Introduction to mdadm The mdadm package contains administration tools for software RAID. &lfs121_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &mdadm-md5sum; Download size: &mdadm-size; Estimated disk space required: &mdadm-buildsize; Estimated build time: &mdadm-time; mdadm Dependencies Optional A Kernel Configuration Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel, if necessary. Only the RAID types desired are required. mdadm Installation of mdadm Build mdadm by running the following command: make This package does not come with a working test suite. Now, as the root user: make BINDIR=/usr/sbin install Command Explanations make everything: This optional target creates extra programs, particularly a statically-linked version of mdadm. This needs to be manually installed. Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directory mdadm and mdmon None None Short Descriptions mdadm manages MD devices aka Linux Software RAID mdadm mdmon monitors MD external metadata arrays mdmon