Re: RAID1 netinst CD

2004-03-24 Thread Joe
I was trying the Net-Install.iso posted earlier with similar problems. The install started fine. I was able to partition my drives: 2 x 1.2Gb IDE Partioned Part 1 /boot 64Mb Part 2 / 1100Mb Part 3 Swap 150Mb All set to type fd. I did have some trouble creating the Raid

Re: RAID1 netinst CD

2004-03-10 Thread Finn-Arne Johansen
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 11:59:58PM +, W. Borgert wrote: On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 08:44:56PM +0100, Erich Waelde wrote: many bytes do I have to zero out? http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/debian-user-200402/msg05104.html and references therein. OK, so d-i should at one point

Re: RAID1 netinst CD

2004-03-10 Thread W. Borgert
Quoting Finn-Arne Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (mkinitrd problems when installing kernel with d-i + md) I guess it has to do something with the way the root partition is detected. after the system is installed, mkinitrd has no problem detecting that the root partition is on a md-device Maybe it

Re: RAID1 netinst CD

2004-03-09 Thread Erich Waelde
Hello, W. Borgert writes: That message was meant for debian-boot, but didn't appear there, so I send it directly to you. Cheers! On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 10:47:37PM +, W. Borgert wrote: Hello Paul and all, today I tried your iso image, but had not the time to complete

Re: RAID1 netinst CD

2004-03-09 Thread W. Borgert
Quoting Erich Waelde [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 10:47:37PM +, W. Borgert wrote: 1. I'm a RAID/MD newbie: Is there a howto or manual about what every single step I have to take to realise RAID1 using the installer? If you are new to md/raid, then I would

Re: RAID1 netinst CD

2004-03-09 Thread W. Borgert
Hello, today I sat down together with an experienced Linux/UNIX admin and we went through the complete installation with RAID1. Unfortunately, we didn't succeed. We have two identical HDs and created four partitions on each in an identical layout. We sat all(!) partitions to type 'FD'. We

Re: RAID1 netinst CD

2004-03-09 Thread Erich Waelde
Hi, W. Borgert writes: Hello, today I sat down together with an experienced Linux/UNIX admin and we went through the complete installation with RAID1. Unfortunately, we didn't succeed. We have two identical HDs and created four partitions on each in an identical layout. We sat