Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:52:32 +0100 | From | Jakob Østergaard <> | Subject | Re: Autostart RAID 1+0 (root) |
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 03:12:07PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, [iso-8859-1] Jakob Østergaard wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 12:15:28PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > I think he is referring to software RAID. And yes, it is indeed a problem > > that the RedHat installer cannot create nested RAIDs (at least, I too was > > unable to do that, so either it's impossible, or I'm equally blind). > > The RH installer also won't do RAID from a text install, so if you lack > memory or the right graphic card you just can't do the install at all > (unless I miss something). What good is install from serial console if you > can't use any setup but the big blob?
I was able to set up RAID in text-mode from bootnet.img on a low-end pentium yesterday. But that was RedHat 7.2, and I think that earlier versions didn't allow that. Are you sure you tried this with 7.2 ?
> > > > > > This is because if the first disk fails totally, the 2nd will be used to > > > boot. You also should use an initrd image to be sure all you need to get > > > up is on that small mirrored partition. After that your other partitions > > > can be whatever pleases you. > > > > Also, GRUB/LILO only support booting from RAID-1 (or no RAID). > > Another factor, for sure. Fortunately I believe only the boot partition > needs to be RAID-1, after that the kernel should take over.
Yep.
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