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Re: URGENT "md" question: RAID partitions lack device nodes



On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:24:54 -0400, Cory Snavely wrote:
> To be honest I'm very disappointed about this (*put on asbestos underwear*) 
> immature implementation. Suppose I have a HUGE RAID that I want to create two 
> dozens of partitions on. That would mean I need to create physical partitions 
> on ALL drives involved, and later combine them using raidtab.

Use LVM, that is the real way people deal with huge RAID arrays in real
life.  Partitions just aren't flexible enough.  But be careful with your
root device, anything other than simple RAID1 will give you trouble there
(as in it is not impossible, but it is non-trivial to arrange the kernel to
boot from it).

Do notice that you must have the LVM device ON TOP of RAID, not the other
way around.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh


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