Jake Conk wrote:

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> Hello,

>

> I've searched hi and low for hours on how to setup my system of a RAID

> 1 and basically what it comes down to is ccd and/or Raid Frame. I've

> found helpful docs on using some of the commands and where to put my

> configurations but nothing seems complete enough for me to figure it

> out.

>

> I have OpenBSD 4.1 installed on one disk and I have an exact duplicate

> disk where i want to mirror my installation to incase of disk failure.

> If this needs to be setup during install I'm willing reinstall

> everything or if there is a way to configure my disks for ccd and

> mirror them to the second disk then I'm willing to do that also.

>

> Basically I don't know how to get this ball rolling, I've read 1) I

> must change the disk type with disk label to ccd. Then 2) create ccd0

> with ccdconfig and tell it to mirror disk 1 to disk 2. It then 3)

> finally says to put my configuration into ccd.conf so that it can be

> read in on boot by my system and of course put the stuff in fstab to

> have it mounted on boot but thats all I know, everything is very vague

> and no exact details on how to do this step by step with a new install

> or a already running system.

>

> Can someone please help provide a step by step way to mirror my whole

> disk to a second disk by ressetting back up OpenBSD from scratch or if

> possible configure my already installed system? I don't care if its

> with ccd or another tool as long as I have a disk failover solution.

>

>

> Please Please Please and Thanks!

> - Jake

>

Hi,

Not for CCD, but raidframe..
Search the mailing list archives for a thread with a subject "Seeking

info for RAID 1 on OpenBSD".  In there you will find all sorts of info.
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=116360194522004&w=2
http://www.packetmischief.ca/openbsd/doc/raidadmin/
Good Luck,
Thanks,

Steve Williams