Re: raidtools

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 11:38:19AM -0800, Jacob Bresciani wrote:
> I've got software raid up and running but before I send this server  
> out to the production environment I wanted to test the hot swap SCSI  
> drives. They are setup as a software mirror. I yanked one, and  
> through in a blank drive, had it re-detect by echoing the proper  
> strings into /proc/scsi/scsi. At this point I noticed that I hadn't  
> installed the raidtools (raidhotremove, raidhotadd...). They don't  
> seem to be available from  my sources either. Have they been moved?  
> Should I be using a newer tool? can't seem to find out what's changed.
> 
> Basically what's todays procedures on regenerating software RAID1?

Use mdadm.  Much better interface, and I believe what the installer uses
too.

Len Sorensen