Re: debian sarge/testing question
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 04:42:17PM +0200, Michiel van Es wrote:
> Hi,
> I have some questions about the upcoming Debian Sarge and the testing
> version Sarge right now:
>
> -is software raid suported during the installation like red hat does?
> Can I create software raid /dev/md* devices and boot from it?
Yes. Both software raid and lvm are supported during the installation.
>
> -is lilo still supported or is grub the default boot loader and does
> grub defaul install on a /dev/md* device like lilo does? (so I one disk
> fails..you can boot from the other...)
Yes and yes : lilo is supported and offered as an option during
installation, but grub is the default.
>
> -can I simply upgrade my testing/sarge box to the Sarge Final release
> when it's done at 30 May 2005 ?
Yes. However, if your /etc/apt/sources.list points to "testing", you
will have to change that to either "sarge" or "stable" (I would
recommend "sarge").
Frank
> I am considering switching a second Linux distro next to CentOS/Red Hat
> which has great support,softraid and easy installation/package management.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Michiel
>
>
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