On 02/26/2014 03:01 PM, Kenny Noe wrote:
Hello, I'm a newbie so here's my question.
I'm trying to install CentOS 6.5 on a HP Proliant 350e server. This server has 4x 1TB hard drives. I'd like to enable the hardware RAID 5 and stripe all 4 disk into one 3TB logical volume. Then install CentOS on the 3TB volume. However after I install I can't get the server to boot.
How far does it get on the process? I set up an HP DL180 g5 server this week, and had it refuse to boot because I had not designated the boot volume when I set up the RAID. Once I went in and designated the boot volume, everything worked fine.
If you are getting GRUB, but it doesn't get all the way through to booted, there are a lot of different places to get messed up along the way. Tell us more, and we can focus on where the your particular issue is.
Ted Miller Elkhart, IN, USA
I know about the MDOS vs GPT labeling issue. I've successfully installed on one (singular) 3TB disk on other servers. I have modified the partition tables, relabeling them to GPT, prior to completing the installs.
However I've read that the Anaconda installer still tries to format as MDOS and after installing a Basic server I cannot get it to boot.
So, what am I missing? Can I load CentOS on a hardware RAID 5 volume that is 3TB (usable) or am I stuck with what most Google searches say and load the OS on one disk and then after use software RAID to RAID 5 the remaining 3 disk into a /data directory?
All help is appreciated.
Thanks --Kenny _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos