hi Daniel, Thank you for the info, i have actually seen the 2nd link you have sent i will try the first link. thanks again!
Regards, Ron On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Daniel Ortega <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ron! > > I'm Not a fan of software raid (but that's just me), take a look at this: i > could have write a how to for you but since im reasonable lazy and somebody > has written about it and they are better than me, here: > http://www.howtoforge.com/install-ubuntu-with-software-raid-10 > > and from ubuntu: > https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/advanced-installation.html > > > hth, (the truth is out there - just google it!) > > Dan > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> This has been driving me nuts for 2 days now: >> >> I got a new h/w with 6 SATA drives, am installing it to use software raid: >> >> /boot -- /dev/md0 -- raid 1 >> swap -- /dev/md1 -- raid 0 >> / -- /dev/md2 -- raid 6 >> >> /dev/md0 consists of sda1 and sdb1 >> /dev/md1 consists of sdc1,sdd1,sde1 and sdf1 >> /dev/md2 consists of sda2,sdb2,sdc2,sdd2,sde2,sfe2 >> >> on the part where it install grub, i get an error that installing grub >> on /dev/sda/ and /dev/sdb fails, can't figure out that part. >> >> tried loading a knoppix image and try to install grub manually but >> knoppix seems cant detect the software raid as fdisk only see a >> partition that is GPT. haven't tried live CD that's the next thing i >> will try. but has anyone experience the same thing before? any help >> would be truly appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> Ron >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > -- > Registered Linux User# 459081 > Linux machine registration number# 369005. > > Linux users please register and be counted! > > http://counter.li.org > > Key ID # CA53B229 > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph

