Hi, folks, I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and swap, on *one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than <alt-f2> mdadm..., *is* there any way in the graphical installer to do this? All I see is a way to make three separate partitions. Pointers to links happily accepted. mark, back to googling
> Am 24.01.2017 um 17:33 schrieb m.roth at 5-cent.us: > I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and swap, on *one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions.the first sentence is in conflict with the last one ("I want three partitions" vs. "not three separate partitions")> Other than <alt-f2> mdadm..., *is* there any way in the graphical installer to do this? All I see is a way to make three separate partitions. > > Pointers to links happily accepted.A hardware RAID will provide one device that can be partitioned or use LVM on one MD RAID (software version). -- LF
On 01/24/2017 08:33 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and > swap, on*one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than > <alt-f2> mdadm...,*is* there any way in the graphical installer to do > this? All I see is a way to make three separate partitions.I don't know the answer to that question, but what I can tell you is that I handle software RAID setup in kickstart, creating the partitions manually, so that I can replace drives using a shell script. Making the partitions predictable means there's less of a chance that I'll make errors during drive replacement, and that I can pass that duty on to less experienced co-workers without worrying about it. https://bitbucket.org/gordonmessmer/kickstart/src
m.roth at 5-cent.us
2017-Jan-24 19:10 UTC
[CentOS] CentOS 7 install on one RAID 1 [SOLVED]
Gordon Messmer wrote:> On 01/24/2017 08:33 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> I'm building a new box, and I want three partitions - /boot, /, and >> swap, on*one* RAID 1, not three separate partitions. Other than >> <alt-f2> mdadm...,*is* there any way in the graphical installer to do >> this? All I see is a way to make three separate partitions. >If that wasn't clear, I meant to make the two drives into a single RAID 1, *then* partition that for root, swap, and boot.> > I don't know the answer to that question, but what I can tell you is > that I handle software RAID setup in kickstart, creating the partitions > manually, so that I can replace drives using a shell script. Making the<snip> Trouble is, it's for this one box. Next box, or the one after, will be happy with the kickstart as it is. The solved part: I did the <alt-F2> and created the RAID 1. I went back to the GUI, and tried to rescan... it didn't find it, didn't show any drives, then it showed the two real drives... then it gagged, and crashed, and rebooted. HOWEVER, when I tried the next time, anaconda's probing found the RAID, and I'm installing now. *phew* mark