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9. Repeat steps three through eight for the other disk and partitions. 5.1.2. RAID Configuration
With the partitions setup the arrays are ready to be configured:
1. Back in the main "Partition Disks" page, select "Configure Software RAID" at the top.
2. Select "yes" to write the changes to disk.
3. Choose "Create MD device".
4. For this example, select "RAID1", but if you are using a different setup choose the appropriate type (RAID0 RAID1 RAID5).
In order to use RAID5 you need at least three drives. Using RAID0 or RAID1 only two drives are required.
5. Enter the number of active devices "2", or the amount of hard drives you have, for the array. Then select
"Continue".
6. Next, enter the number of spare devices "0" by default, then choose "Continue".
7. Choose which partitions to use. Generally they will be sda1, sdb1, sdc1, etc. The numbers will usually match and the different letters correspond to different hard drives.
For the swap partition choose sda1 and sdb1. Select "Continue" to go to the next step.
8. Repeat steps three through seven for the / partition choosing sda2 and sdb2.