Hello,

LVM Works fine!

Here's my howto for i386.

LVM (Access LVM Drives from knoppix-cd)
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1. download packages from packages.debian.org to a floppy
Code:
      -libdevmapper1.0.1_1.01.00-4_i386.deb (http://packages.debian.org/testing/l...bdevmapper1.01)
      -lvm-common_1.5.17_i386.deb (http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/lvm-common
      -lvm2_2.01.04-3_i386.deb (http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/lvm2)
      -dmsetup_1.01.00-4_i386.deb (http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/dmsetup)
2. Start Knoppix from CD

3. open a terminal and install the packages
Code:
    #su
    #mount /dev/fd0 /floppy
    #cd /floppy
    #dpkg -i  libdevmapper1.0.1_1.01.00-4_i386.deb lvm-common_1.5.17_i386.deb lvm2_2.01.04-3_i386.deb dmsetup_1.01.00-4_i386.deb
4. Now Start the devices
Code:
    #modprobe dm-mod
    #/etc/init.d/libdevmapper1.01 start
    # export PATH='/lib/lvm-200'$PATH
    #vgscan
     --> now you should see your volume groups
    #vgchange -ay
    #mount /dev/<your volume group>/<partition>  /<your mount dir>>
SATA RAID
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1. addidional to the steps above download
Code:
      -dmraid_1.0.0rc5f_i386.deb (http://www.wooyd.org/debian/dmraid/)
2. Install Modules
Code:
    #su
    #mount /dev/fd0 /floppy
    #cd /floppy
    #dpkg -i dmraid_1.0.0rc5f_i386.deb
3. Check Modules
Code:
    #su
    #modprobe dm-mod
    #modprobe dm-mirror
4. Lookup/Activate Raid
Code:
      #dmraid -ay -v
5. Mount them
Code:
      #mount -t <fs type> -o users,owner,ro,umask=000 dev/mapper/<your partiton name> /<your mount dir>
Unfortunately it seems like dmraid can only handle dos partitions.....so i could't try this out ;-(


Cheers

Sources:
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html#ich
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-.../msg00400.html
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/.../msg02113.html
http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/readme
http://www.wooyd.org/debian/dmraid/
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-2557.html
https://listman.redhat.com/archives/.../msg00041.html
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/lvm2.xml
http://evms.sourceforge.net/install/tools.html
http://deb.riseup.net/storage/lvm2/
http://sourceware.org/cluster/ddraid/
http://debian.jones.dk/slamuf/pool/s...s.1_i386.build
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html#toc5
http://www.strw.leidenuniv.nl/cgi-bi...raid&section=8