On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:32:16PM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 11/24/2015 07:35 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >it seemed to max out at around 9900 MB. This for > >sure won't do when I build it on real hardware, so I'm wondering if > >anyone else here has a clue what's going on?? > > IIRC, Anaconda can't create "raid1" LVM volumes. That is, you can't > create LVs that are mirrored across multiple PVs. You can create md > RAID1 volumes and make a PV of the resulting RAID volume, though. > > So I think what you're probably doing is creating 100MB /boot > partition, and then two md RAID component partitions of 9900MB. yeah, you're probably right. but for some reason, Anaconda is still telling me there's a gigabyte of unused space remaining (105x megabytes where i've forgotten what the "x" was.) Might that be because I didn't put swap on both drives (and I think I set up swap as a gig)? should I put swap on both drives? should it be RAID1 also, or just two swap partitions not in any RAID volume? (I remember seeing a somewhat technical article in the last couple of years that talked of a potential corruption issue if one puts swap into a Linux software RAID-1 volume, but no longer recall the details.) -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------