[CentOS] changing partition priority on install
Monty Shinn
montys at videopost.com
Wed Oct 29 11:53:20 UTC 2008
Phil Schaffner wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 14:59 -0500, Monty Shinn wrote:
>> Greetings.
>>
>> I am in the process of installing 5.1 64 bit on a server. The server
>> has 2 3ware cards: 9550SX 12 port, and a 8006 2 port, both SATA.
>
> Any reason not to use 5.2? Will save a lot of updates, and perhaps some
> headaches.
>
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>
> I have vague recollections of having fixed similar problems by tweaking
> the device ordering in initrd and/or modprobe.conf; however, backing up
> a step, why do you need to change the order to make things work? You
> can install GRUB on the boot device MBR, whatever that may be, and put
> the OS on the device you want it on without changing the ordering.
>
> Phil
>
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Phil,
There are a couple of reasons, although they may make no sense. First,
I did not want a multiple point of failure. If the boot loader is on
the MBR of /dev/sda, and the os is on /dev/sdb, then you have a multiple
point of failure. If either card dies, then I am hosed. It would be
*similar* to running a RAID0 on the os. Not a good idea IMHO.
Also, if I wanted to replace the "data" drives in the future, I couldn't
just unmount the partition and replace the drives. The boot loader
would be gone as well.
I did not find an option during the install prep to re-locate grub to
the MBR of /dev/sdb. I probably should try the text-based installer to
see if there are more options.
Heck, I may just remove the 9550 board until the initial os install is
completed. That should accomplish what I am trying to achieve. Just
seems like there should be a more elegant way of doing this.
I am installing 5.1 because I have the isos on hand. I was just going
to let yum update me to 5.2...
Thanks for your help,
Monty
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