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. Anyone tried this in the past? Thanks, Rick
Fajar Priyanto
2008-Jan-15 01:05 UTC
[CentOS] Kickstart install with a degraded raid array
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-0002.sig>