RAID for swap as well.

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On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 13:49, Will Dennis <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi list,****
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> I am in need of some guidance on setting up Linux software RAID-1 on a
> Dell server which came with an S300 “software RAID” controller (i.e. a
> Windows-only RAID controller.)****
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> Trying to install 64-bit Debian 6.0.3 on it, and want to set up software
> RAID-1 using the two 160GB HDD’s that the Debian installer sees. I had
> tried to do a single primary partition on both HDD’s and mark it for “RAID
> use”, but after I did this and made an “md0” device using both drives’
> partitions, and partitioned the md0 dev into swap and “/”  partitions,
> the installer told me it could not mount the swap partition. So, I guess
> that I need “real” partitions for swap?? How about “/boot”? Linux admin is
> not my primary thing, so any assistance in setting up Linux soft RAID-1 you
> all could give me would be most appreciated…****
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> Thanks,****
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> Will****
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