Re: Installing Debian on a SuperMicro server

2014-12-08 Thread Bob Proulx
mourik jan heupink - merit wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > When I set up a system such as this I always test afterward that the > > system can be booted from each disk individually. Don't boot past > > grub. Just boot to grub to verify. If you boot past grub into a > > degraded raid system it wil

Re: Installing Debian on a SuperMicro server

2014-12-08 Thread mourik jan heupink - merit
On 12/08/2014 08:40 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: When I set up a system such as this I always test afterward that the system can be booted from each disk individually. Don't boot past grub. Just boot to grub to verify. If you boot past grub into a degraded raid system it will create a "split brain"

Re: Installing Debian on a SuperMicro server

2014-12-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Johann Spies wrote: > I am trying to install Debian on a SuperMicro server on two ssd's > configured in the bios as a RAID1 (I think it is called a fake-raid). Like Miles recommended I also recommend you avoid BIOS RAID and use Linux md raid with mdadm instead. I have used Supermicro servers for

Re: Installing Debian on a SuperMicro server

2014-12-03 Thread Johann Spies
Thanks Miles. > Did a little googling and found this: https://wiki.debian.org/ > DebianInstaller/SataRaid - which recommends adding dmraid=true to the > kernel boot line (see page for detailed instructions). > > I have tried the procedure in this website, but my results are different. I never go

Re: Installing Debian on a SuperMicro server

2014-12-03 Thread Miles Fidelman
Johann Spies wrote: I am trying to install Debian on a SuperMicro server on two ssd's configured in the bios as a RAID1 (I think it is called a fake-raid). Debian Stable does not recognize the disks at all. Debian Testing's installation disk picks it up as a RAID1 device (even when I configure

Installing Debian on a SuperMicro server

2014-12-03 Thread Johann Spies
I am trying to install Debian on a SuperMicro server on two ssd's configured in the bios as a RAID1 (I think it is called a fake-raid). Debian Stable does not recognize the disks at all. Debian Testing's installation disk picks it up as a RAID1 device (even when I configure it in the bios as non-r