You can simply create two virtual disks from the single RAID-5 volume. Create one that is like 500GB for the OS volume and then create a 2nd one which uses the remainder of the space. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Kenny Noe Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:02 PM To: centos at centos.org Subject: [CentOS] CentOS 6.5 install Hello, I'm a newbie so here's my question. I'm trying to install CentOS 6.5 on a HP Proliant 350e server. This server has 4x 1TB hard drives. I'd like to enable the hardware RAID 5 and stripe all 4 disk into one 3TB logical volume. Then install CentOS on the 3TB volume. However after I install I can't get the server to boot. I know about the MDOS vs GPT labeling issue. I've successfully installed on one (singular) 3TB disk on other servers. I have modified the partition tables, relabeling them to GPT, prior to completing the installs. However I've read that the Anaconda installer still tries to format as MDOS and after installing a Basic server I cannot get it to boot. So, what am I missing? Can I load CentOS on a hardware RAID 5 volume that is 3TB (usable) or am I stuck with what most Google searches say and load the OS on one disk and then after use software RAID to RAID 5 the remaining 3 disk into a /data directory? All help is appreciated. Thanks --Kenny _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos