Karanbir Singh wrote:
> > Les Mikesell wrote:
>
>> >> Has anyone looked at what SMEserver v7 (the Centos4 based one)
>> >> does?
>>
I have :-)
>> >> It not only installs on raid by default, it creates
>> >> a 'broken' RAID1 if you only have one drive so you can add
>> >> a mirror painlessly later.
>>
Yep - I've done Solaris installs like that for years and it really is
nice to be able to add the mirror disk without backup/restore.
>> >> I don't have a running system
>> >> right now to see if they put /boot on raid1 or if they
>> >> use lilo or grub.
>>
We use grub and have submitted some patches to RedHat for grub RAID install:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160563
We've recently redone those patches inside anaconda et. al. and will
push them up to RedHat soon.
As to disk layout:
/boot is RAID1 in all configurations
/ is RAID1 for one or two disks, RAID5 for 3-5 disks and RAID6 for 6+ disks
> > Firstly, the primary aim of the CentOS distro is to stay in sync with
> > upstream. So nothing on that is going to change.
>
We submitted a patch for our "degraded RAID" install. Unfortunately, it
was rejected by RedHat:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189316
I might fight that battle again another day, maybe with a "Yes, I know
what I am doing" flag.
> > Secondly, Feel free to evaluate what SMEserver are doing w.r.t
> > installer and submit patches for the ServerCD.
>
Feel free to take whatever you need. It's all under mezzanine in
SourceForge anonymous CVS (smeserver project) and patches are pushed
upstream when we can.
Thanks,
Gordon