Re: Help - Booting from RAID1
On (21/04/05 02:27), Marcell Metzner wrote:
> Clive Menzies wrote:
> | On (20/04/05 19:18), Marcell Metzner wrote:
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> |>Hello,
> |>~From two weeks now I'm working on a way to create RAID device which must
> |>be used for the installation.
> |>Please
> |>can you point me how to do this...
> |>I'm really tired with this:(
> |
> | Hi Marcel
> |
> | You need to tell us a bit more about your setup and what you've tried.
> | It took me over a week to get a RAID1 setup installed on a recycled
> | server recently and 90% of the problem was down to a dodgy Promise
> | FatsTrak100 Ultra ATA controller. Once I switched the drives to the
> | onboard IDE controller, all was sweet;)
> |
> | There are also issues relating to different kernels and SATA drives.
> |
> | So give us some info ....... meanwhile, here are some links:
> |
> |
> | Regards
> |
> | Clive
> |
> | PS ..... and a more specific subject line would get better response ;)
> |
>
> Software RAID (RAID1) on different type of hardware. The only i can
> specify about the hardware is that we don't use SATA discs on this
> machines. I had the problems Sascha Wintz mentioned about partman(it can
> not partition more then one disk) but I solve them by just doing the
> partitioning of the next HDDs on post install level using the
> base-config base-config/late_command.
>
> The problem is that I wish to create the RAID on preinstall level and to
> make the installer install the system over the RAID wich will be mounted
> as usual at /target.
>
> I allready found a way to partition the disk with sfdisk on preinstall
> base and to create the RAID but the installer do not continue after I
> comment the lins in the preseed conserning the partitioning(partman).
Hi Marcell
The most of the links I sent you deal with booting from RAID1. I only
use my RAID configuration for storage, and have the system on a
separate disk.
Others, may have a better idea
Regards
Clive
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