The mdadm package contains administration tools for software RAID.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/mdadm-4.3.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: a42def84e31734a529111394f2289e0e
Download size: 456 KB
Estimated disk space required: 5.5 MB
Estimated build time: 0.1 SBU
An MTA
Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel, if necessary. Only the RAID types desired are required.
Device Drivers ---> [*] Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM) ---> [MD] <*/M> RAID support [BLK_DEV_MD] [*] Autodetect RAID arrays during kernel boot [MD_AUTODETECT] # Only the RAID types desired are required: < /*/M> RAID-0 (striping) mode [MD_RAID0] < /*/M> RAID-1 (mirroring) mode [MD_RAID1] < /*/M> RAID-10 (mirrored striping) mode [MD_RAID10] < /*/M> RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 mode [MD_RAID456]
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
make everything: This optional target creates extra programs, particularly a statically-linked version of mdadm. This needs to be manually installed.