Re: LVM and RAID
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 02:30:37PM +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 May 2007 22:52:13 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> > On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 02:29:10PM +0200, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
> > >
> > > I intend to install LVM and RAID-1 on a two disks system.
> > > Is there any order or procedure to respect when installing both together
> > > ? Some HOWTO or README somewhere about this ?
> > >
> I managed to install RAID-1 via manual option of the Etch installer
> as I found the following useful reference :
> http://ads.wars-nicht.de/blog/archives/54-Install-Debian-Etch-on-a-Software-Raid-1-with-S-ATA-disks.html
>
> Looks ok for RAID-1. Now I'll try to install LVM and will post the result.
Hint:
raid1 mirrors two disks to create one volume. LVM will then divy up
that volume. So in the installer, set the disk/partition to use as
physical volume for software raid, then configure raid. Then you have
md0 which you mark use as physical volume for LVM, then you configure
LVM.
Doug.
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