No, both SuSE and RedHat can also install root on raid but you need to
save some files and mount/unmount some partitions manually during the
installation from another console.
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On Fri, 5 May 2000, Nick Hill wrote:
> On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 02:01:09PM +0530, Raju Mathur wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Managed to get software RAID-1 (mirroring) working quite OK the first
> > time around (OK, the second, the first was aborted due to a mis-typing
> > in /etc/raidtab). Now the 64-thousand-Baht question:
> >
> > How does one install an OS (e.g. Redhat) on a RAID device? I tried
> > booting with the RH CD, which detects the RAID system just fine but
> > refuses to install on it.
> >
> > Anyone got any suggestions (besides ``use slackware'' :-) ?
> >
>
> Slackware and Debian seem to be the only distros capable of installing on RAID
> devices... or heck, hack up u're own distro! ;)
>
> Nikhil.
>
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