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Re: mdadm RAID and the Bullseye installer



On Tuesday 14 September 2021 12:55:41 Dan Ritter wrote:

> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > This is interesting and I will likely do it when I install the
> > debian-11.1-net-install I just burnt.
> >
> > But, I have installed 4, 1 terabyte samsung SSD's on a separate
> > non-raid controller card which I intend to use as a software raid-6
> > or 10 after moving the current boot disk with stretch on it to be
> > /dev/sdd, or even leaving it disconnected until 11.1 is installed.
> > It has precious data on its platters.
> >
> > Those samsungs have not been configured for anything yet. They are
> > seen ok but individually in dmesg. Looked at by gparted, but nothing
> > written.
> >
> > So, can the installer handle the configuration of those into a
> > bootable format all by itself?
>
> Yes. The installer can assemble them into an mdadm-style RAID 10
> and GRUB can boot from that.
>
> -dsr-

Thank you Dan.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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