>> I'm trying to install 7.0 to a root partition that's a raid0 device
>> (/dev/md0). DrakeX seems to handle this but when I reboot, the kernel
>> can't detect md0. It appears as if the raid is created but it's just
>> not started automatically. Has anyone installed to a root raid before?
>> Does 7.1 Beta fix this? I tried creating the raid prior to install but
>> DrakeX doesn't seem to detect it. I'm trying to avoid installing to a
>> single drive and then copying to the raid.
>>
> How about having small "/" and "/boot" partitions on a
> small (850MB or less) drive? It may be similar to the old
> problem of not having LILO in the first 1024 cylinders of
> the hard drive.
> John
I did have a /boot partition (10 Mb). Anyway I tried the 7.1 Beta and it
seems to work quite nicely. I don't know if it was the raid creation (no
persisten superblock), the kernel (no autodetection of raid) or lilo (7.1
uses grub by default). Anyway I'm working fine now.
Thanks,
Scott Patten