Hi Travis. You need to make sure, that Reiser 4 is compiled into the kernel, like ext2 and 3, and is not a module. Or you need to make sure to put it in initrd, check mkinitrd. Now i see you want to make the system boot from a software raid, that complicates it even more, you need to the same with the software raid module .... I reality, creating a non-raid and plain ext3 root and boot will not reduce your system viability in a significant manner. I would also advise to have a separate boot partition, just a 100 megs or so. The third advice is.: Dont glob all the system in / you should have /var and /tmp in separate partitions. I see you want /home in a separate disk, that is good.
http://www.namesys.com/v4/v4.html http://lists.progeny.com/archive/progeny-debian/200110/msg00007.html http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-faq.html#q11 or you will get something like this http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/11/msg00019.html check cat /boot/config-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl see that your kernel config file will be called differently. mine is CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m that is, reiser is a module, i will need reiser compiled-in (y) and-or boot not reiser and not raid. you also need to check # # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM) # CONFIG_MD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m CONFIG_MD_RAID0=m CONFIG_MD_RAID1=m CONFIG_MD_RAID5=m CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM=m CONFIG_LVM_PROC_FS=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=m as you see, i could not have booted from a configuration like yours with my current, factory kernel, I will likely need all the above compile-in (y) The kernel would have no ability to access the filesystem to load additional modules you may also need to look around for the module that will drive the promise card and compile that in as well, just for good measure :-) the less it will work as a generic hw-raid, but looking at what you are after, you would like to have a specific module for that :-) I hope that was clear enough Cheers Szemir On February 12, 2005 23:45, Travis Rousseau wrote: > Hello? anyone there? > > Travis R. > > Travis Rousseau wrote: > > Gentoo install on a system with 6 hard drives the setup i want is as > > follows > > > > 4 X 37GB Raptors setup with a promise card in a software raid 0 for / > > with Reinser 4 > > 2 X 120GB maxors setup in a software raid 0 for /home using Reinser 4 > > > > The reason i want a Gentoo install is because i have installed many > > systems (Debian. Slackware, Gentoo, Redhat, Suse) just to name the top > > ones and I find Gentoo and Slackware to be the fastest (in my opinion) > > and i find Gentoo and Debian have the best package managers (Again in my > > opinion) so would like to setup my main computer with it instead of any > > others > > > > Ok now a bit about me to help you help me > > I have installed many (18+) Gentoo systems > > I know how to install the developers method or whatever its called for > > Gentoo > > I have configured many 2.6.8+ kernels (50+) > > I have installed Gentoo using Reinser 4 as a file system a few times (2) > > I have never got a Gentoo system with a raid setup working (able to boot) > > I'm really used to lilo > > I'm new to grub (Well kinda)(i was told i would almost certainly need > > this for my choice of setup) > > I think Gentoo would make this setup quite insane > > > > > > Does anyone have advice for this setup I would like?( I know there is a > > couple kernel options i need to select like for raid 0 and my promise > > card and Reiser 4 {I plan on using the MM patches} and I know a hardware > > raid would be best but i would like to do this first) > > > > If i posted my grub after my install do you think that any of you could > > point out what i _may_ have wrong if it does not boot? > > > > Comments? > > > > > > > > Travis R. > > > > [Note: currently the system has 2 raptors and 2 maxors currently but 2 > > raptors are in the plans to be added on Tuesday when i can get a better > > power supply] > > > > [Note2: Yes I'm [EMAIL PROTECTED] I probably will make this > > my future personal email (anyone understand it?)] > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
