Bootstrapping Raid 5 w/GEOM

[Norberto Meijome]

Michael Dale wrote:
> Norberto Meijome wrote:
> 
>> So, should I
>> 1) Boot up with Disc 1, install minimal config, reboot
>> 2) setup GEOM RAID 5 on all the discs ?
>> 3) edit fstab to point to /dev/[what??]/[what else] instead of 
>> /ad0s1[abef] ?
>>
> 
> When I installed GEOM for a RAID 1 setup I did the following:
> 
> Install FreeBSD on ad0
> Boot CD and run fixit mode
> Setup GEOM and change fstab to gm0
> 
> Linky:
> http://dannyman.toldme.com/2005/01/24/freebsd-howto-gmirror-system/

Cheers Michael - that's a great bit of info. Do you know how to do RAID5 ?
I read in

http://www.essenz.com/support/lists/hackers/20040118/69.html

about geom_raid, but it seems to be lost after that.

The other alternative may be to setup a RAID1+0, but that shrinks my 
usable space, and I'm not sure how reliable/advisable it is to do in 
software.

Thanks again,
Beto