> Is there a way to set up a raid configuration during the install and
> partitioning of the RedHat6 installation program?
Not as part of the normal installation procedure, no.
> I already have software raid 5 running under RedHat, but that involved
> much headache and hair loss. Plus, it leaves me with a small but annoying
> original boot partition. I want the whole drive used in one big root raid
> partition.
Lilo has to read the kernel from a specified position on a particular drive. If
you have the kernel on a RAID-5 array, it will be spread across all the drives
in the array. Lilo can't handle that. Hypothetically, it would be possible if
your root partition was on RAID-1, but that would be more trouble than it was
worth every time you needed to change lilo.conf.
There was some discussion about alternative boot-loaders a little while back.
Check the archives. But is it really that much of a hassle to have /boot on a
separate partition?
Cheers,
Bruno Prior [EMAIL PROTECTED]
