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.


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Jarod Wilson
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