Re: Looking for Sarge Install docs with SW RAID
On (11/02/05 15:48), Michael Lueck wrote:
> Due to peer feedback that life is better with the built-in SW RAID than the
> MegaRAID ATA133 board, I have attempted to install Sarge w/ SW RAID.
>
> The Sarge install docs do not cover the initial setup of software RAID via
> the installer text UI. After much struggle I think I got it configured
> correctly. However LILO refuses to install, and GRUB (not suggested with
> XFS per the installer) has been stuck at the 50% progress point for a LONG
> time now. It says in messages that it is checking through the devices to
> figure out the BIOS configuration for the drives. I suspect it does not
> like having the root file system on a mirror / SW RAID device. Thus, need
> some docs. Can I mirror all partitions, or must some (a small /boot
> partition) be non-mirror and thus not protected by RAID against HDD
> failures? What about swap?
>
> Also it took over 36 hours to sync the SW RAID, during which time the
> installer text UI is near useless due to the sync eating up the CPU.
> MegaRAID firmware prepared the mirror in about 10 seconds. Somehow the
> installer needs to either "quick format" the RAID, or warn the person
> installing that it will take the computer hostage for the next eternity
> while it prepares the array.
I found these useful:
http://rootraiddoc.alioth.debian.org/
http://juerd.nl/site.plp/debianraid
HTH
Clive
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