Re: LVM and RAID
On Thursday 17 May 2007 22:31, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> 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-Softwa
> >re-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.
Thanks.
I completed RAID1 installation via installer but without selecting LVM.
Is it possible to setup LVM once RAID1 is built and system up ?
Bye,
Bruno
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