On 3/22/06, William Warren <hescominsoon at emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com> wrote: > so how would i combine LVM and software raid 1? Would i do the lvm > setup first or the software raid partitions first? > Everythings could be done during the CentOS installation. On my servers I usually use software RAID-1. I create a /boot partition at the very beginning of the disk (100MB should be lergely enough for that purpose) and use the remaining space with LVM (swap and as much partitions as I can :). I always keep some GB unallocated if I want to later grow a partition. Give LVM a try, you will never go back after :). Regards, Gilles.