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Linux Software RAID Lab

This document provides a step-by-step guide to setting up a Linux Software RAID 1 configuration using Kali Linux. It includes instructions for creating partitions on two disks, installing the mdadm tool, and verifying the RAID setup. The final steps involve creating a mount directory and formatting the RAID device for use.

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Linux Software RAID Lab

This document provides a step-by-step guide to setting up a Linux Software RAID 1 configuration using Kali Linux. It includes instructions for creating partitions on two disks, installing the mdadm tool, and verifying the RAID setup. The final steps involve creating a mount directory and formatting the RAID device for use.

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Linux Software RAID Lab

1. Start and login to your Kali Linux virtual machine as user kali with a password of kali.

2. Enter sudo lsblk --scsi to list SCSI disk block devices. You should see sda, sdb, and sdc disk
devices. These are three separate disks. We will create a disk mirror between sdb and sdc.

3. Enter sudo fdisk /dev/sdb and press ENTER. Press n (new partition), and then press ENTER four
times to create a primary partition that consumes the entire disk.

4. Press t to change the partition type, and then enter fd to set the type to Linux raid autodetect.

5. Press w to write the changes to disk.

6. Repeat steps 4–6 in this exercise, except enter sudo fdisk /dev/sdc instead of sudo fdisk
/dev/sdb.

7. Enter sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb /dev/sdc to verify that the Linux RAID autodetect partition flag has
been set on both disk partitions (look under the Type heading). Notice the partitions are /dev/sdb1 and
/dev/sdc1 (look under the Device heading).

8. Install the mdadm software RAID tool by typing sudo apt-get install mdadm.

9. Create a software RAID 1 (mirroring) configuration by typing sudo mdadm --create /dev/md1 --
level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1. Take note of the double dashes (--) before the reate and
raid-devices parameters.

10. Press y (for yes, to continue creating the array).

11. Verify your work by typing sudo mdadm --detail /dev/md1. In the bottom right under the State
column you should see “active sync” for each of the mirrored disk partitions /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1.

12. Make a mount directory by typing sudo mkdir /cust_trans.

13. Format the file system by typing sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/md1. Mount the file system to a
directory so it is ready to use by typing sudo mount /dev/md1 /cust_trans. Files can now be added to
the /cust_trans folder as you normally would with any folder, the difference is that now a copy of each
file will be mirrored to a second disk partition.

14. Enter the following command to verify the /cust_trans mount point is using the disk mirror
device /dev/md1: sudo mount | grep /dev/md1

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