hi ya andy On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Andy Firman wrote:
> So when you bring up a new system, you mark all the partitions as FD? yes > I just tried it and the installer tells me "No Linux partitions were > detected. At least one Linux partition is required to hold the root > filesystem...." you need to boot off a kernel ( install cd ) that understands software raid and than assemble the raid device manually ( /etc/raidconf ) > Maybe I am taking your statements too literally. > > cfdisk shows this: > > hda1 boot Primary Linux raid autodetect 1003MB > hda2 Primary Linux raid autodetect 3000MB > hda3 Primary Linux raid autodetect 3000MB > hda5 Logical Linux swap 1000MB > hda6 Logical Linux raid autodetect 31988MB > > I can't install this way so I must use partition type 83 right? you can try to install "raid" off the bat... or install regular and than move everything to raid afterward ( either is equally painful unless your install bootcd supports sw raid for booting/installing ) > Also, do you put symbolic links to the images in /boot instead of / > like this howto advises?: /boot should not be a symlink .. should be part of / or partition of itself (i do NOT use /boot as a partion, its pointless and deprecated) > http://www.linustech.com.cy/linux/HOWTO/lvmraid/lvmraid.html > http://www.linustech.com.cy/linux/HOWTO/lvmraid/node9.html lvm is whole other world of fun c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
