%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ mdadm The mdadm package contains administration tools for software RAID. &lfs75_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; User Notes: Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel, if necessary. Only the RAID types desired are required. File Systems: Device Drivers: Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM): Y RAID support: Y or M Autodetect RAID arrays during kernel boot: Y Linear (append) mode: Y or M RAID-0 (striping) mode : Y or M RAID-1 (mirroring) mode : Y or M RAID-10 (mirrored striping) mode: Y or M RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 mode : Y or M mdadm Install mdadm by running the following commands: make If you wish to run the tests, ensure that your kernel supports RAID and that a version of mdadm is not already running, and issue: make test and then, as the root user: ./test Now, as the root user: make install --make everything: This switch creates extra programs, particularly a statically-linked version of mdadm and also versions of mdassemble. These all need to be manually installed. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directory mdadm, mdmon and optionally mdassemble None None Short Descriptions mdadm manages MD devices aka Linux Software RAID. mdadm mdmon monitors MD external metadata arrays. mdmon mdassemble is a tiny program that can be used to assemble MD devices inside an initial ramdisk (initrd) or initramfs. mdassemble