On Tuesday 15 January 2008 03:45:52 Rick Barnes wrote: > Is it possible to install CentOS 5 with a degraded RAID 1 array using > kickstart? I have the kickstart file already created but the "server" I > want to use only has 1 hard drive in it at the moment. Until I can order > a 2nd drive, I wanted to install the OS then once I received the > replacement drive "fix" the array. I have seen instructions how to do > this manually, but so far have not been able to get it to work using > kickstart. I haven't done it. But the man page of mdam says: -f, --force Insist that mdadm accept the geometry and layout specified without question. Normally mdadm will not allow creation of an array with only one device, and will try to create a raid5 array with one missing drive (as this makes the initial resync work faster). With --force, mdadm will not try to be so clever. Maybe it's possible. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 08:05:34 up 55 min, 2.6.22-14-generic GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org The real challenge of teaching is getting your students motivated to learn. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080115/9a12a92a/attachment-0005.sig>