The mdadm package contains administration tools for software RAID.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.8 platform.
Download (HTTP): http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/mdadm-3.3.4.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 7ca8b114710f98f53f20c5787b674a09
Download size: 404 KB
Estimated disk space required: 12 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU (23 SBU, with tests)
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/mdadm
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) ---> [CONFIG_MD]
<*> RAID support [CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD]
[*] Autodetect RAID arrays during kernel boot [CONFIG_MD_AUTODETECT]
<*/M> Linear (append) mode [CONFIG_MD_LINEAR]
<*/M> RAID-0 (striping) mode [CONFIG_MD_RAID0]
<*/M> RAID-1 (mirroring) mode [CONFIG_MD_RAID1]
<*/M> RAID-10 (mirrored striping) mode [CONFIG_MD_RAID10]
<*/M> RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 mode [CONFIG_MD_RAID456]
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 --keep-going --logdir=tests-logs
--save-logs. Some tests fail for unknown reasons.
Now, as the root user:
make install
make everything: This optional target creates extra programs, particularly a statically-linked version of mdadm and also versions of mdassemble. These all need to be manually installed.
--keep-going: Run the tests
to the end, even if one or more tests fail.
--logdir=tests-logs:
Defines that the directory where tests logs are saved.
--save-logs: Instructs the
test suite to save the logs.
--tests=:
Optional comma separated list of tests to be executed (all tests,
if this option is not passed).
<test1,test2,...>
Last updated on 2015-09-20 15:38:20 -0700