Nick Kay wrote:
>
> At 13:20 19/03/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >At 05:05 19/03/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >>I've got a pair of IDE drives here that I'd like to use to play with
> >>software RAID. Reading through the available HOWTOs has been
> >>enlightening, but hasn't answered my most basic question: how do I
> >>install a distribution to use it?
> >>
> >>Say I've got the pair of drives, available (equal) space on both drives,
> >>and my Mandrake CD. How do I go about creating the combined striped
> >>"drive" and install Mandrake?
> >>
> >>Anyone know of documentation on how to go about this?
> >>
> >Well I think you can't install linux on a RAID partition... You install
> >linux on a normal partition, and then you create the RAID partitions that
> >you can use with this installation.
> >I would say that after that you can move most parts of your distribution to
> >the RAID partitions, but the kernel and small things needed to boot the
> >system must reside on a normal partition. (it's software RAID : the
> >software needed must be accessible before you can reach the RAID partition)
> >
> >- R�mi -
>
> G'day,
> I think the Root-RAID-Howto might help you. A quick perusal reveals
> that it might be possible to mount the array via initrd and then load the
> kernel
> from there. But I could be completely wrong.
Thanks for the help, both of you!
For some reason, I was thinking that it would be more difficult than
just copying things over after an install. I'll give it a try this
weekend.
I think I missed the Root-RAID-HOWTO somewhere in my reading, because it
looks like it's got the information I was hoping for. Thanks for the
pointer!
If I'm not back by Monday, send a lifeboat! :)
--
Steve Philp
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