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Chapter 5. Software RAID Conﬁguration 69

• Select which partitions will go into this RAID array and click OK.

• A spare partition can be speciﬁed for RAID 1 and RAID 5. If a software RAID partition

fails, the spare will automatically be used as a replacement. For each spare you want to

specify, you must create an additional software RAID partition (in addition to the parti-

tions for the RAID device). In the previous step, select the partitions for the RAID device

and the partition(s) for the spare(s). Select the number of spares.

• Select whether you want the partition formatted.

• The RAID device will appear in the Drive Summary list as shown in Figure 5-3. At this

point, you can continue with your installation process. Refer to the Ofﬁcial Red Hat Linux

Installation Guide for further instructions.

Figure 5-3. Creating a RAID Array