On Tue, January 24, 2017 1:10 pm, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 01/24/2017 08:33 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, andswap, on*one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than <alt-f2> mdadm...,*is* there any way in the graphical installer to do this? All I see is a way to make three separate partitions.
If that wasn't clear, I meant to make the two drives into a single RAID 1, *then* partition that for root, swap, and boot.
I don't know the answer to that question, but what I can tell you is that I handle software RAID setup in kickstart, creating the partitions manually, so that I can replace drives using a shell script. Making the
<snip> Trouble is, it's for this one box. Next box, or the one after, will be happy with the kickstart as it is.
The solved part: I did the <alt-F2> and created the RAID 1.
The trouble is: this will be not part of your /root/initial-setup-ks.cfg file after installation completes. That means, you will have to do that part (which basically makes drives members of software RAID - mirror) before kickstart installation on each box. Or you may need to add this part at the very top of your kickstart file, followed by something like
mdadm --assemble --scan
- I'm not certain though to what extent it is doable. I'm a "hardware RAID" guy...
Valeri
I went back to the GUI, and tried to rescan... it didn't find it, didn't show any drives, then it showed the two real drives... then it gagged, and crashed, and rebooted. HOWEVER, when I tried the next time, anaconda's probing found the RAID, and I'm installing now.
*phew*
mark
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