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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-01-26 08:58:55 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2008-01-26 08:58:55 +0000
commit178c8c5808c4199182548cdb763a8d1eb70ecb47 (patch)
tree1ab5712389022c4ce155e0434cfe208fa28fe517
parentb6aee8d034b2c2b9aa04c24b863d16b3ab1f95c3 (diff)
- use command prompts for commands
- a few other minor fixes ok marco
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/softraid.430
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/softraid.4 b/share/man/man4/softraid.4
index a5fa4fea5e3..169261fece9 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/softraid.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/softraid.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: softraid.4,v 1.12 2008/01/24 19:33:16 marco Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: softraid.4,v 1.13 2008/01/26 08:58:54 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Todd T. Fries <todd@OpenBSD.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Marco Peereboom <marco@OpenBSD.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 24 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 26 2008 $
.Dt SOFTRAID 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ as it fits the SCSI model.
.Pp
Currently
.Nm
-supports a mirroring (RAID 1) and a striping (RAID 0) discipline.
+supports a striping (RAID 0) and mirroring (RAID 1) discipline.
.Pp
A
.Em discipline
@@ -63,24 +63,24 @@ An example to create a 3 chunk RAID 1 from scratch is as follows:
.Pp
Initialize the partition tables of all disks:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-fdisk -iy wd1
-fdisk -iy wd2
-fdisk -iy wd3
+# fdisk -iy wd1
+# fdisk -iy wd2
+# fdisk -iy wd3
.Ed
.Pp
Now create RAID partitions on all disks:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-echo "a\en\en\en\enRAID\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E wd1
-echo "a\en\en\en\enRAID\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E wd2
-echo "a\en\en\en\enRAID\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E wd3
+# echo "a\en\en\en\enRAID\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E wd1
+# echo "a\en\en\en\enRAID\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E wd2
+# echo "a\en\en\en\enRAID\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E wd3
.Ed
.Pp
Assemble the RAID volume:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-bioctl -c 1 -l /dev/wd1a,/dev/wd2a,/dev/wd3a softraid0
+# bioctl -c 1 -l /dev/wd1a,/dev/wd2a,/dev/wd3a softraid0
.Ed
.Pp
-The console will give away what device was added to the system:
+The console will show what device was added to the system:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
scsibus0 at softraid0: 1 targets
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <OPENBSD, SR RAID 1, 001> SCSI2
@@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ sd0: 1MB, 0 cyl, 255 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 3714 sec total
.Pp
It is good practice to wipe the front of the disk before using it:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0c bs=1m count=1
+# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0c bs=1m count=1
.Ed
.Pp
Initialize the partition table and create a filesystem on the
new RAID volume:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-fdisk -iy sd0
-echo "a\en\en\en\en4.2BSD\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E sd0
-newfs /dev/rsd0a
+# fdisk -iy sd0
+# echo "a\en\en\en\en4.2BSD\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E sd0
+# newfs /dev/rsd0a
.Ed
.Pp
The RAID volume is now ready to be used as a normal disk device.