Boin, Paul (Cont, ARL/CISD) wrote: > Starting to test RHEL5, and I've got a question on installation. > > Installing using 'linux askmethod' and then mounting over NFS (if that > matters. > > My partitioning step (disk druid) is insisting on offering me > device-mapper devices instead of standard /dev/sdb* partitions that I'd > like to use. > > For example, it wants to put root on /dev/mapper/ddf1_V0p1 instead of > /dev/sdb1, which is what *I* want to use. I have two SATA drives, and > oddly enough the primary, with windows on it, does show up as /dev/sda. > > Is this required behavior? I know it works, but for various reasons, > I'd prefer to stick with the simpler, more traditional device names.
Sounds like someone has pseudo-raid metadata on one of their drives... :) # dmraid -r -E /dev/sdb Then try again. -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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