Hi, I have been trying to set up a software RAID1 system with two 320GB SATA disks.
I have followed the instructions at both these links below (using lenny instead of etch because of what seems to be unsupported hardware in the older kernel): http://ads.wars-nicht.de/blog/archives/54-Install-Debian-Etch-on-a-Software-Raid-1-with-S-ATA-disks.html and http://www.networkjack.info/blog/2007/01/03/debian-linux-etch-software-raid-1/ I had issues with both procedures. 1. Both of them failed when I chose to install the "Standard system" item in the tasksel stage of the install. 2. When I chose to not install the "Standard system" I A) got a minimalistic system which uses lilo(yuck) as a boot loader B) The RAID1 MD device that I created for the /boot partition exists but was not added to the /etc/fstab, no files were written to that device/partition and the system actually boots from the root MD device instead. 3) The second URL above uses LVM which I wouldn't have used otherwise but I was desperate to finally get the RAID to work and followed the instructions exactly. Is LVM any type of requirement for a software RAID system? The system works but everything is on the root MD device. Any ideas/pointers on how to do it right? 1. I preffer Grub 2. Would like to boot off the first MD device/partition 3. I preffer not using LVM 4. I would like to have the "Standard system" packages install. Some details: ------------------------------- # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid1] COMMENT: (Mounted as / (jfs)) md1 : active raid1 sda6[0] sdb6[1] 312375744 blocks [2/2] [UU] COMMENT: (Should be mounted as /boot (ext3)) md0 : active(auto-read-only) raid1 sda5[0] sdb5[1] 192640 blocks [2/2] [UU] ------------------------------- # cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/mapper/volume1-root / jfs defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/mapper/volume1-swap1 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/mapper/volume1-swap2 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hda /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 ------------------------------- TIA, Chaim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
