Re: Installing Debian Stable with Software RAID

[Tobias Reckhard <jester71@gmx.net>]

Hi

Jeremy Brown wrote:
> Jeremy Brown wrote:
>
> > I'm relatively new to Debian, but am considering installing it on 
> > several new servers I'm setting up.  At least one of the servers will 
> > need its root partition stored on a software RAID volume though, and a 
> > casual glance at both the Debian stable and testing installers seems 
> > to indicate that they do not support the creation of a software RAID 
> > volumes for use as the root install partition (well, at all 
> > really)...although it does look like testing's installer has LVM support.
> >
> > Is there a general procedure to follow for installing Debian on a 
> > software RAID volume?  Is this something that's even possible right now?
>
> Just pinging this thread, since I haven't seen a response yet.
>
> Does anyone have any pointers on getting software RAID working in 
> Debian, preferably pre-install?  Can it be done at all?

Yes, it can be done, but it's some work. There are a couple (two or 
three) HOWTOs on the Net, but these were in an evolving state when I 
needed them in last autumn and did help, but didn't work when I tried to 
follow them exactly..

Since then, I have successfully followed the instructions given at 
http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/index.old.html#lvm. Note that 
you _must_ build a kernel image package of your own, the Debian kernels 
apparently cannot mount a root device that's on LVM-on-RAID.

Cheers,
Tobias