Robert Heller wrote: > At Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:53:52 -0700 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > wrote: >> On 10/14/10 6:53 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> > Ritika Garg wrote: >> >> Can CentOS be installed on an extended partition? System has the >> following >> >> partitions: >> >> OEM(reserved)-78MB(primary) >> >> System-100MB(primary) >> >> C-55GB(primary) >> >> D-100GB(extended) >> >> Can I divide D into 2 parts:70GB and 30GB and install CentOS in the >> 70GB >> >> logical partition? >> > Of course. Extended or primary is an old, old DOS separation, but once >> > they exist, everything just treats it as another partition. >> >> /boot still has to be on a primary, doesn't it? > > No. The *only* thing that needs to be in any partitular place is the > boot loader -- this is a BIOS thing: the BIOS wants the boot loader (or > actually the first stage of it) in the MBR of the first disk. Both <snip> > LVM VG. It can be a *mirrored* (RAID1) set. Trickyness: if your /boot > raid set is on the first & second disk (eg /dev/sda and /dev/sdb or > /dev/hda and /dev/hdb) and you want to be able to boot if the first <snip> Ah, but what about hardware raid, say, a Dell PERC 7, with the two internal drives raided by that, *not* by software? I'm not sure I can see them as separate disks to grub-install. mark