[root@test ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
content won't be recoverable.
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-130, default 1): 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-130, default 130): 100M
……..一直建三個區
Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-4): 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): fd
Changed system type of partition 3 to fd (Linux raid autodetect)
……....一直做4個
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
[root@test ~]# mdadm -C /dev/md0 -l 5 -n 3 -x 1 /dev/sdb[1-4]
[root@test ~]# mdadm /dev/md0
/dev/md0: 15.50MiB raid5 3 devices, 1 spare. Use mdadm --detail for more detail.
[root@test ~]# mke2fs -j /dev/md0
[root@test ~]# mdadm --detail /dev/md0
/dev/md0:
Version : 00.90.03
Creation Time : Tue Apr 7 15:54:37 2009
Raid Level : raid5
Array Size : 15872 (15.50 MiB 16.25 MB)
Device Size : 7936 (7.75 MiB 8.13 MB)
Raid Devices : 3
Total Devices : 4
Preferred Minor : 0
Persistence : Superblock is persistent
Update Time : Tue Apr 7 19:34:42 2009
State : clean
Active Devices : 3
Working Devices : 4
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 1
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 64K
UUID : f927fef6:2c 876cf8:1ff11ab6:ce26e2a 6
Events : 0.2
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
0 8 17 0 active sync /dev/sdb1
1 8 18 1 active sync /dev/sdb2
2 8 19 2 active sync /dev/sdb3
3 8 20 - spare /dev/sdb4 （熱備盤）
[root@test mnt]# mkdir raid5
[root@test mnt]# mount /dev/md0 /mnt/raid5
或者
[root@test raid5]# vi /etc/fstab
/dev/md0 /mnt/raid5 ext3 defaults 0 0