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diff --git a/share/man/man4/softraid.4 b/share/man/man4/softraid.4 index d186bbe02f2..d6488324d91 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/softraid.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/softraid.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: softraid.4,v 1.5 2007/04/17 22:50:59 marco Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: softraid.4,v 1.6 2007/04/18 06:44:08 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2007 Todd T. Fries <todd@OpenBSD.org> .\" Copyright (c) 2007 Marco Peereboom <marco@OpenBSD.org> @@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ Discipline: A discipline is a collection of functions that provides specific IO functionality. This includes IO path, bring-up, failure recovery, statistical -information gathering etc. Essentially a discipline is a lower +information gathering etc.\& +Essentially a discipline is a lower level driver that provides the IO transformation for the softraid device. .Ed @@ -55,7 +56,6 @@ Chunk: A partition or storage area of the type RAID. .Ed .Sh EXAMPLES -.Pp The first step to using the .Nm driver is to ensure that it is suitably configured in the kernel. @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ echo y | fdisk -i wd3 .Pp Now create RAID partitions on all disks: .Bd -literal -offset indent -echo "d a\\na\\n\\n\\n\\nRAID\\nw\\nq\\n" | disklabel -E wd1 -echo "d a\\na\\n\\n\\n\\nRAID\\nw\\nq\\n" | disklabel -E wd2 -echo "d a\\na\\n\\n\\n\\nRAID\\nw\\nq\\n" | disklabel -E wd3 +echo "d a\ena\en\en\en\enRAID\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E wd1 +echo "d a\ena\en\en\en\enRAID\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E wd2 +echo "d a\ena\en\en\en\enRAID\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E wd3 .Ed .Pp Assemble the RAID volume: @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Initialize the partition table and create a filesystem on the new RAID volume: .Bd -literal -offset indent echo y | fdisk -i sd0 -echo "d a\\na\\n\\n\\n\\n4.2BSD\\nw\\nq\\n" | disklabel -E sd0 +echo "d a\ena\en\en\en\en4.2BSD\enw\enq\en" | disklabel -E sd0 newfs /dev/rsd0a .Ed .Pp @@ -134,19 +134,19 @@ partition type should be used on such platforms. .Sh HISTORY The .Nm -driver in +driver is an original work by Marco Peereboom. It first appeared in .Ox 4.2 . .Sh CAVEATS -.Pp The driver relies on underlying hardware to properly fail chunks. Currently the RAID 1 support does not have the ability to recover a failed chunk. .Pp The RAID 1 discipline does not initialize the mirror upon creation. .Pp -Certain RAID levels can protect against some data loss due to component failure. +Certain RAID levels can protect against some data loss +due to component failure. RAID is .Em not a substitute for good backup practices. |