Dell Software RAID with Red Hat Enterprise Linux4 - Manual (Page 6)

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4 Click RAID again, select Create a RAID device, and click OK.
5 Choose /boot for the type of mount point, ext3 as the file system type, md0 as the RAID
device, and RAID 1 as the RAID level. Click OK.
Creating a Software RAID Swap Partition
1 To create a software RAID partition, click RAID and select Create a software RAID partition.
Click OK.
2 For the file system type, select Software RAID. Ensure that only one drive is selected for the
partition (for example, sda), the size is twice the amount of your system RAM memory, and
select the Fixed Size box. Click OK to continue.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to create a RAID partition on the second hard drive (for example, sdb).
4 Click RAID again, select Create a RAID device, and click OK.
5 Choose swap for the file system type, md1 as the RAID device, and RAID 1 as the RAID level.
Click OK.
Creating a Software RAID Root Partition
1 To create a software RAID partition, click RAID and select Create a software RAID partition.
Click OK.
2 For the file system type, select Software RAID. Ensure that only one drive is selected for the
partition (for example, sda), enter the size you want for your root partition, and select the
Fixed Size box. Click OK to continue.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to create a RAID partition on the second hard drive (for example, sdb.)
4 Click RAID again, select Create a RAID device, and click OK.
5 Choose "/" as the type of mount point, ext3 as the file system type, md2 as the RAID device,
and RAID 1 as the RAID level. Click OK.
Creating Additional Software RAID Partitions
1 To create a software RAID partition, click RAID and select Create a software RAID partition.
Click OK.
2 For the file system type, select Software RAID. Ensure that only one drive is selected for the
partition (for example, sda), enter the size you want for your partition, and select the Fixed
Size box. Click OK to continue.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to create a RAID partition on the second hard drive (for example, sdb).
4 Click RAID again, select Create a RAID device, and click OK.
5 Choose the type of mount point, the file system type, the RAID device, and RAID 1 as the
RAID level. Click OK.
After you have created all the partitions, click Next.