On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 02:36:15PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > I couldn't help but notice that there is no support for software RAID > > arrays in the sparc installer. > > It _is_ supported, but the option "Use as RAID" will not be shown if the > current partition starts on sector 0 of the disk because that would > overwrite the Sun disklabel info. > > So, to set up RAID on sparc, first create a small (/boot) partition and > then create a second partition to set up as RAID.
But... that's not actually supposed to be necessary. Quoting: | Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:12:52 +0200 | From: BERTRAND Joël <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: [email protected] | | The first partition has to be ext3 or fd, not swap because swap writes | from first block and avoid silo block. If swap begins on the cylinder 1, | openprom cannot boot (ther is not MBR on sparc architecture). This was in reply to another person's question, and that person (who had a problem) had swap as the first partition. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
