* On 2005:05:07:10:08:30-0500 I, Michael D Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, scribed: > I downloaded sarge-i386-1.iso on 2 May 2005. I was happy to find > installation options for BOTH RAID5 and LVM, right there in the disk > partitioning menus. > > They weren't totally intuitive to me; but, I managed to configure LVM on > RAID5 without any errors. > > Then, I came to the boot loader step. It did NOT offer grub; rather, it > offered to configure LILO. Here is my problem: > > Where should LILO install the boot block? > > The first two options offered /dev/md0 -- neither of which are accepted > by this process. The third option (advanced) appears to allow me to > decide; but, I do NOT know where to put this.
My research indicates a lot of changes, in this regard, since Woody; especially in the more recent 2.6.x kernels. I have found several HOWTO's based on Woody, and favoring Raid0/1; and most of those were written for Woody and 2.4.x kernels. Where is there a HOWTO for LVM on RAID that focuses on Sarge? Where is there a HOWTO for LVM on RAID that focuses on Raid5? How can this be done at initial install; rather than build on one disk, then build the Raid5 post-install? Which is better as boot loader in this scenario, Lilo or Grub? Is it better to leave a partition outside of the LVM? Which partition? Root (/)? /boot? Can this be done with everything on the Raid5? Can this be done with everything on the LVM? What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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