On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:20:02PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Mathieu Malaterre put forth on 12/3/2009 12:03 PM: > > Hi there, > > > > I am trying to setup a system with software RAID for the first time. > > I used a debian/stable/503 USB key installer. During the partitioning > > I selected each FREE SPACE as raid, I configured then a RAID0 system. > > And setup a LVM volume group on this RAID system. > > > > When setting up the boot loader, lilo failed to work properly. > > Looking at the log is says: > > > > ... > > Dec 3 17:42:32 in-target: WARNING: Added large-memory option, please > > run lilo before you reboot > > Dec 3 17:42:32 in-target: Running lilo... > > Dec 3 17:42:32 in-target: Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed > > Dec 3 17:42:32 in-target: Fatal: Only RAID1 devices are supported as > > boot devices > > Read about the various RAID levels, especially RAID 0 (striping), and > you'll understand why the Linux kernel developers will not allow you to > boot Linux from a RAID 0 (striped) set of disks. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID > > You are up against an _intentional_ design limitation. your probably better of with /boot (500M - 1G) as a native partition and then do what want with the rest. > -- "We had a chance to visit with Teresa Nelson who's a parent, and a mom or a dad." - George W. Bush 09/09/2003 Jacksonville, FL
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