I am not sure. You may be correct. Here are some Google links to Software Raid. Some go back as far as 1999, so it may be much better now. http://www.google.com/search?q=software+%2Braid+%2Blinux Phil On Saturday 16 June 2001 01:28 am, Travis Read wrote: > Doesn't RAID 1 require me to re-format and re-install frig'n > everything from scratch? > > Trav >