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Update comments about using raw partitions.

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oster 2000-03-03 23:31:36 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: raid.4,v 1.13 2000/02/26 19:55:01 oster Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: raid.4,v 1.14 2000/03/03 23:31:36 oster Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -242,22 +242,14 @@ options RAID_AUTOCONFIG
.Pp
to the kernel configuration file.
.Pp
In all cases the
.Sq raw
partitions of the disks
.Pa must not
be combined. Rather, each component partition should be offset by at least one
cylinder from the beginning of that component disk. This ensures that
the disklabels for the component disks do not conflict with the
disklabel for the
.Nm
device.
As well, all component partitions must be of the type
All component partitions must be of the type
.Dv FS_BSDFFS
(e.g. 4.2BSD) or
.Dv FS_RAID .
The use of the latter is strongly encouraged, and is required if
auto-configuration of the RAID set is desired.
auto-configuration of the RAID set is desired. Since RAIDframe leaves
room for disklabels, RAID components can be simply raw disks, or
partitions which use an entire disk.
.Pp
A more detailed treatment of actually using a
.Nm