General tip: when you reply to a mail, don't put a > in front of the lines _you_ add. The > is used to indicate a quoted text from the mail you reply to. Multiple > indicate increasingly older mails in the thread. On Tuesday 04 April 2006 00:00, Zoro wrote: > If this "bug report" attempt is inappropriate to persue with you, > please so indicate and I will persue the issue via the forum route. No, this is fine. Though if your questions are more "how do I..." I'd suggest asking on the debian-user list instead. The number of people on this list and their time is limited. > Yes! This is for box #1(Box #2 has 2 drives and will use raid0). > This refers to a set of 4 (2)IDE drives, all on primary controllers > exclusively intended to contain Linux md0 thru mdx, approx, 5GB > (7.5GB) partitions one per dtive per Linux distro created by the > concerned distro as raid partitions which are intended to produce 1 > raid5 (raid0) with an effective 15GB mdx to mount as "/" for the > distro that created and uses them. OK. However, a RAID setup is not the easiest way to set up a Debian system. You might want to set up a system with "plain" partitions first just to get a better feel of what happens and expand from there. > > Note that the installer does not show existing RAID configuration by > > default. I think you get them to be shown by choosing the RAID option > > at the top of the main partitioning menu (after choosing manual > > partitioning) and then returning to the main menu, but the RAID > > support in the installer is mostly geared towards setting up RAID > > from scratch. > > I must disagree on this. The installer does show the > "partitions" on the drives, just not the "raid configuration" for > them. Yes, that is exactly what I was trying to say. > These partitions must be shown to allow for the addition of the > next partition on each drive (to be created by the current install in > progress). On box #1 the installer properly shows the partitions on 3 > of the 4 drives and shows the 4th drive as empty, which is not the The fourth drive being empty (and the presence of SATA drives) was why I suggested using a newer installer. However, if you don't mind scratching the current contents or not using it, there is no real need to do that. > case. Further, if I proceed to the "create raid" process it will not > let me "mark" the 3 new partitions even to create a three partition > raid. (THIS IS THE CRUX OF WHAT WAS PERCEIVED BY ME AS A "BUG".) I'm not completely sure what is wrong here. The installer may be confused by the fact that the partitions are already set up for RAID. Is it an option for you to "blank" the harddisks and create the partitions to use for RAID from scratch? You can "blank" a disk by selecting the line for the disk and create an empty partition table for it. You can then create the partitions you need (don't forget to create a separate ext3 /boot partition) and mark the ones to be used for RAID using the "Use as:" option. After you have set up the partitions like this, select the "Configure software RAID" option in the main menu and set up the RAID itself. You should now be able to select the partitions that have been marked to be used for RAID in the previous step. After you've done that, select the "Configure the Logical Volume Manager" option (creating partitions directly on the RAID device is not supported, it's better to use the RAID device as a physical volume for LVM and create the filesystems you need as logical volumes within that). After setting up the logical volumes (for /, /home and whatever), select the mount points for those and create the file systems. Also reserve space for a swap filesystem. It's up to you whether to create it inside the RAID or outside. > The "all caps" was not intended to be rude, just the best I can do for > high lighting, There _are_ (read: underlined) other ways to *emphasize* (read: bold) text in a mail :-) > On box #2, the existing partitions are shown and I am allowed to > create the new ones for the current install but when I proceed to the > "create raid" process it will not allow me to "mark" the appropriate > partitions therefore I'm stopped in my tracks. Probably the same as above. > Have read the cited Doc's and still learning. No mention there > of "Linux26" that I can find. No, the linux26 option is documented in the boot help screens mostly. Try pressing F3 when the splash screen is shown (after loading the CD, but before booting the installer). > If I am successful in downloading the beta installer, how would I > use it in conjunction with the two DVDs of sarge? ( I'm on a rather > miserable 56K dial up connection) In that case I suggest you stick with the Sarge CDs. As long as you're aware that the SATA controller will probably not be supported. Cheers and good luck, FJP
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