On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 09:26:21AM +1000, onefang wrote: > On 2022-06-01 19:07:24, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 05:16:05PM -0500, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 4:57 PM tito via Dng <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 16:34:21 -0500 > > > > o1bigtenor via Dng <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Greetings > > > > > > > > > > When the parts get here I'm going to be installing Devuan testing on > > > > > the system. > > > > > > > > > > I have not ever installed like this so first the configuration. > > > > > > > > > > Ryzen 7 3800X > > > > > Asus TUF Gaming X570-Pro mobo > > > > > 64 GB ram > > > > > 2 - 1 TB M2 drives > > > > > 2 - 1 TB SSDs > > > > > > > > > > I want to set the system up so that the drives are 2 sets of Raid-1 > > > > > with > > > > > (proposed) > > > > > set 1 > > > > > /efi, /boot, /, /usr, /usr/local, /var, swap > > From memory /efi has to be read by the BIOS / UEFI, and has to be a FAT > partition. It later gets mounted to /boot/efi. > > > > > > set 2 > > > > > /home > > > > > > > > > > How do I set up the raid arrays? > > > > > > > > They could be easily setup during installation process in the disk > > > > partitioning step if I recall > > > > it correctly. See > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SoftwareRaidRoot > > > > for more info (just the first part). > > > > > > Interesting - - - that wiki is current as of 2012. > > > That's why I wasn't trusting the information - - - - the newest stuff > > > I could find was > > > some 3 or 4 years old and I've found that newer stuff has different > > > gotchas than > > > the older versions. > > > > > > The assumption is that LLVM is used on top of the array. (from the wiki) > > > Is that necessary? > > > (I've never used LLVM to date!) > > > > > > My idea was to partition the disks just like normal after the array was > > > built. > > > Is that possible? > > > > Yes, it is possible. I use LVM over RAID on my system because it offers > > more flexibility if I have to repartition. > > > > In fact, I have two separate RAID 1's -- one for partitions that are > > divided up the traditional way, and the other for partitions that are done > > with LVM. > > > > /boot is on the traditionally divided RAID. Back when I set it up, if > > /boot was on a RAID it had to be a RAID of the old format, not the new. I > > don't know if that still applies. > > > > And, LVM is the Logical Vomume Manager. LLVM is the Low Level Virtual > > Machine, used by some compilers (such as clang) in generating object code. > > > > -- hendrik > > Note that you can use mdadm, or LVM on top of mdadm. I stick with mdadm > RAID on my server coz I don't need the extra flexibility, and it's less > complex.
mdadm is what I use for my RAIDs too, One has LVM on it; the other a normal partition. And I have another tiny partition on each disk, outside the RAID, in which i have a file whose name is the same as the label I've taped to the physical drive. This saves a lot of confusion when one of my physical drives is failing and I have to figure out which physical rive it is. -- hendrik > > -- > A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants > coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world. > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
