On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 13:38 +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com> [2007-09-28 10:42]: > > I see that 4.0r1 is broken, is it best to install r0 or are there > > installer images with the fixed kernel on? I could try installing Sid, > > but I'd prefer something known to work. :) > > The problem is that r0 is no longer on the mirrors so you cannot > install that. Anyway, there's a fairly easy workaround: install using > the 4.0r1 images, and when base install fails, do base install again - > this time it will ask you which kernel version to install. Ah cunning, that sounds even easier than changing the priority and getting asked lots of questions. > > I've never done software RAID before, so I'm being cautious. Is it > > fairly simple with the Debian installer to setup a 4G /, 1G swap, and > > the rest as /home, all on RAID-1? Would I need a separate /boot, or is > > the initramfs in the flash sufficient? > > RAID setup in d-i is fairly easy, even if maybe not very obvious (you > first need to mark some partitions for RAID, then go to a RAID config > tool, then configure the md partitions). You won't need a special /boot. On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 14:45 +0300, Riku Voipio wrote: > kernel and initramfs in flash is sufficent, no need for a separate /boot > partition. The setup you want is slightly complex, but it should still > be fairly simple to setup in d-i. Not simple in sense of "just hit next" > but rather "if know partitioning well enough to want such a setup, > you will manage to setup partitions relatively easily in d-i partitioner". Okay, thanks Martin and Riku. Maybe I should give the etch installer a go in qemu so I know what the raid setup does before I let myself go on a real device. :) I'm a huge fan of separate /home because of the amount of pain it solves when the OS itself dies. I guess a swap file in / instead of a swap partition would solve the swap-on-dead-disk problem and remove a partition, I think I'll do that instead. Thanks, Ross -- Ross Burton mail: ross@burtonini.com jabber: ross@burtonini.com www: http://www.burtonini.com./ PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF
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