Re: alpha raid?

[Ulrich Teichert <krypton@ulrich-teichert.org>]

Hi,

>    I'm investigating using Debian-alpha to replace tru64 unix on our 
>DS-20 & Alpha 1200 servers (old iron for sure).  During installation of 
>Debian 3.1r0a for alpha when I arrive at disk partitioning I don't see 
>options for LVM or RAID type partitions.  The documentation states they 
>should be available and a search for "RAID" in the debian-alpha list 
>results in no hits.  What's up?  Is Debian for alpha able to do RAID or not?

IIRC, you have to create RAID (F0) or LVM partitions by hand before these
menu options show up. I once had set up my PWS 433 with a RAID 1 with the
Debian installer of Sarge, so it's possible ;-)

HTH,
Uli
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