Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
I'm looking at setting up software RAID 10, using CentOS 5.1 x64 - what
is the best way todo this?
I'm reading some sources on the internet, and get a lot
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:10:48 +0200:
/boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it.
leave /dev/sdb1 the same size as /dev/sda1 and call it /boot2 and try
to remember to copy
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
John R Pierce wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
And then, how do I setup the partitioning? Do I setup /boot on a
separate RAID partition? If so, what happens if I want to replace
the 1st 2 HDD's with bigger ones?
each partition is
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
I'm looking at setting up software RAID 10, using CentOS 5.1 x64 - what
is the best way todo this?
I'm reading some sources on the internet, and get a lot of different
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:10:48 +0200:
/boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it.
leave /dev/sdb1 the same size as /dev/sda1 and call it /boot2 and try
to remember to copy /boot to /boot2 each time
Rudi Ahlers wrote on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:19:14 +0200:
I've never used labels before
CentOS uses labels in grub.conf and fstab by default if you do a standard
installation (no mdraid devices), I wasn't aware that you can use labels
in connection with md devices. I'd be interested in that as
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:15 AM, David Mackintosh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To get back to the OP: I've done a RAID-10 under CentOS, and the
problem I encountered was that the kernel wasn't smart enough to
assemble the RAID without a properly populated /etc/mdadm.conf file.
Well, I have many
John R Pierce wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
And then, how do I setup the partitioning? Do I setup /boot on a
separate RAID partition? If so, what happens if I want to replace
the 1st 2 HDD's with bigger ones?
each partition is raided seperately with mdadm you could make the
whole thing one
Rudi Ahlers wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:10:48 +0200:
/boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it.
leave /dev/sdb1 the same size as /dev/sda1 and call it /boot2 and try
to remember to copy /boot to /boot2 each time you update the kernel.
I understand this, but how
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
John R Pierce wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
And then, how do I setup the partitioning? Do I setup /boot on a
separate RAID partition? If so, what happens if I want to replace
the 1st 2 HDD's with bigger ones?
each partition is raided seperately with mdadm you
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:10:48 +0200:
/boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it.
leave /dev/sdb1 the same size as /dev/sda1 and call it /boot2 and try
to remember to copy /boot to /boot2 each time you update the kernel.
I
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
John R Pierce wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
And then, how do I setup the partitioning? Do I setup /boot on a
separate RAID partition? If so, what happens if I want to replace
the 1st 2 HDD's with bigger ones?
each partition is
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
John R Pierce wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
And then, how do I setup the partitioning? Do I setup /boot on a
separate RAID partition? If so, what happens if I want to replace
the 1st 2 HDD's with bigger
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:31:19AM +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:10:48 +0200:
/boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it.
leave /dev/sdb1 the same size as /dev/sda1 and call it /boot2 and try
to remember to copy /boot to
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
I'm looking at setting up software RAID 10, using CentOS 5.1 x64 - what
is the best way todo this?
I'm reading some sources on the internet, and get a lot of different
suggestions
1 suggestion says to boot up with a Live CD like Knoppix or
SystemRescueCD,
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
I'm looking at setting up software RAID 10, using CentOS 5.1 x64 - what
is the best way todo this?
I'm reading some sources on the internet, and get a lot of different
suggestions
1 suggestion says to boot up with a Live CD like
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
And then, how do I setup the partitioning? Do I setup /boot on a
separate RAID partition? If so, what happens if I want to replace
the 1st 2 HDD's with bigger ones?
each partition is raided seperately with mdadm you could make the
whole thing one LVM partition thats
/boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it.
Not true for all mobo's. Regardless, why not have a copy safe somewhere
easier to manage then the following suggestion IMHO. Let the computer
worry about remembering to copy it.
leave /dev/sdb1 the same size as /dev/sda1 and
John R Pierce wrote:
/boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it.
Wait. I thought mirror RAID is the same on-disk format like a plain
partition, so therefore a mirrored /boot will always boot. At least, it
always did for me.
--
Florin Andrei
http://florin.myip.org/
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all
I'm looking at setting up software RAID 10, using CentOS 5.1 x64 - what
is the best way todo this?
I'm reading some sources on the internet, and get a lot of different
suggestions
1 suggestion says
Florin Andrei wrote:
John R Pierce wrote:
/boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it.
Wait. I thought mirror RAID is the same on-disk format like a plain
partition, so therefore a mirrored /boot will always boot. At
least, it always did for me.
Yes, default
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