Re: software raid
hi ya andy
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Andy Firman wrote:
> So when you bring up a new system, you mark all the partitions as FD?
yes
> I just tried it and the installer tells me "No Linux partitions were
> detected. At least one Linux partition is required to hold the root
> filesystem...."
you need to boot off a kernel ( install cd ) that understands software
raid and than assemble the raid device manually ( /etc/raidconf )
> Maybe I am taking your statements too literally.
>
> cfdisk shows this:
>
> hda1 boot Primary Linux raid autodetect 1003MB
> hda2 Primary Linux raid autodetect 3000MB
> hda3 Primary Linux raid autodetect 3000MB
> hda5 Logical Linux swap 1000MB
> hda6 Logical Linux raid autodetect 31988MB
>
> I can't install this way so I must use partition type 83 right?
you can try to install "raid" off the bat... or install regular
and than move everything to raid afterward ( either is equally painful
unless your install bootcd supports sw raid for booting/installing )
> Also, do you put symbolic links to the images in /boot instead of /
> like this howto advises?:
/boot should not be a symlink .. should be part of / or partition
of itself (i do NOT use /boot as a partion, its pointless and deprecated)
> http://www.linustech.com.cy/linux/HOWTO/lvmraid/lvmraid.html
> http://www.linustech.com.cy/linux/HOWTO/lvmraid/node9.html
lvm is whole other world of fun
c ya
alvin
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