Hi Steve, all,
I think that doing a software RAID would be ok for me...but it did not
work after the first try.
I have tried running the standard SL4.7 net install using software RAID.
I have created non-RAID swap and RAID partitions for /, /var and /home,
and ran the install. After the reboot, it did not start GRUB and froze
at that point.
Basically, I want to install SL4 on a desktop machine and make it able
to run the standard CMS software, mount standard disks etc. I want to
install this on RAID (either software or fake), so I avoid reinstalling
and reconfiguring everything in case of a disk failure. It is not
terribly important but I would like to try since I have the disks
anyway, and it should not be very difficult, should it?
So... if someone could point out what I did wrong, I would appreciate
that. Or point me to some instructions. Either fake or software RAID
would be fine.
Thanks!
Gena.
Steve Gaarder wrote:
You can install Linux on this type of RAID, but it will take some
doing. Unless you are dual-booting with Windows, you are better off
configuring the system for non-RAID operation (in the bios setup) and
using the Linux software RAID. Much easier on the brain.
But if you do need to install on this RAID, let me know - I recently
set up a system to dual-boot Windows and SL5 on Intel RAID, using the
dmraid software. It was a skull-splitter, but I did get it to work.
cheers,
Steve Gaarder
System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, kukarzev wrote:
Hi everybody,
I am trying to install SL4 on Dell Dimension 9200 with Intel 82801
(ICH8) Raid controller. Not sure how to proceed.
I have configured RAID1 array using the built-in Intel config utility
(I have two physical drives, 320G each). When I try to run the 4.5
installer, it sees two separate drives rather than the array. I do
not want to create the software RAID, and I am not 100% sure what LVM
is.
To my understanding, I should see one raid device instead of two
physical disks. How do I achieve that? Am I missing a driver? Is
there an installer of SL4.x that can install on such a RAID?
Thanks!
Gena.
