Re: md (software) RAID missing in the installer for sparc

[Josip Rodin <joy@entuzijast.net>]

On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 02:36:15PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> > I couldn't help but notice that there is no support for software RAID
> > arrays in the sparc installer.
> 
> It _is_ supported, but the option "Use as RAID" will not be shown if the 
> current partition starts on sector 0 of the disk because that would 
> overwrite the Sun disklabel info.
> 
> So, to set up RAID on sparc, first create a small (/boot) partition and 
> then create a second partition to set up as RAID.

But... that's not actually supposed to be necessary. Quoting:

| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:12:52 +0200
| From: BERTRAND Joël <mt1@systella.fr>
| To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
| 
| The first partition has to be ext3 or fd, not swap because swap writes
| from first block and avoid silo block. If swap begins on the cylinder 1,
| openprom cannot boot (ther is not MBR on sparc architecture).

This was in reply to another person's question, and that person (who had
a problem) had swap as the first partition.

-- 
     2. That which causes joy or happiness.