The redhat manuals (rh9) are quite good; I got my RAID5 working with their help first time. You can read them online or download the rpms from redhat.com
HTH G On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 20:47, Samuel Flory wrote: > Chris W. Parker wrote: > > >Samuel Flory <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > on Friday, September 12, 2003 5:38 PM said: > > > >Ok I'm convinced, I'll use RAID. > > > >I found this page > >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-so > >ftware-raid.html which you'd think would be the perfect set of > >instructions. BUT IT'S NOT!! > > > > > > The raid instruction are a little vague. > > >I'm trying to follow Samuel's original instructions: > > > >-=-=-=- > > Use software raid 5 on each disk: > >raid 1 /boot (~100M) Raid 1 as you can't boot off of raid 5!!! > >raid 5 swap > >raid 5 / (~2G) > >raid 5 /var (Most of the rest of your space, for your logs and /var/www) > >-=-=-=- > > > >(Following the steps in the above document) Step 5 says "For Allowable > >Drives, select the drive(s) on which RAID will be created. If you have > >multiple drives, all drives will be selected here and you must deselect > >those drives which will not have the RAID array on them." > > > >But if I select more than one drive I get the message "Partitions of > >type 'software RAID' must be constrained to a single drive. This is done > >by selecting the drive in the 'Allowable Drives' checklist." > > > >Ok, So what's the deal with that? How can you have RAID if you're forced > >to only use one disk? I don't get it!! > > > > > > You need to create a partition that will be a part of the raid array > on each disk. So the followiing is what I do: > > Create a partition of type raid on disk 1 ~100M via the new partition button > Create a raid partition of type raid on disk 2 ~100M via the new > partition button > Create a raid partition of type raid on disk 3 ~100M via the new > partition button > Create the raid array using the above 3 disks using the raid buton > Repeat for all arrays > > I've always thought Red Hat's method was a little strange;-) Why not > let me create multiple partitions on each disk in one stoke. > > > > >AAHH!! > > > > > >Chris. > > > > > > > > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
