Hi Steve, all,

I think that doing a software RAID would be ok for me...but it did not 
work after the first try.

I have tried running the standard SL4.7 net install using software RAID. 
I have created non-RAID swap and RAID partitions for /, /var and /home, 
and ran the install. After the reboot, it did not start GRUB and froze 
at that point.

Basically, I want to install SL4 on a desktop machine and make it able 
to run the standard CMS software, mount standard disks etc. I want to 
install this on RAID (either software or fake), so I avoid reinstalling 
and reconfiguring everything in case of a disk failure. It is not 
terribly important but I would like to try since I have the disks 
anyway, and it should not be very difficult, should it?

So... if someone could point out what I did wrong, I would appreciate 
that. Or point me to some instructions. Either fake or software RAID 
would be fine.

Thanks!

Gena.


Steve Gaarder wrote:
> You can install Linux on this type of RAID, but it will take some 
> doing. Unless you are dual-booting with Windows, you are better off 
> configuring the system for non-RAID operation (in the bios setup) and 
> using the Linux software RAID.  Much easier on the brain.
>
> But if you do need to install on this RAID, let me know - I recently 
> set up a system to dual-boot Windows and SL5 on Intel RAID, using the 
> dmraid software.  It was a skull-splitter, but I did get it to work.
>
> cheers,
>
> Steve Gaarder
> System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
> Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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>
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, kukarzev wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I am trying to install SL4 on Dell Dimension 9200 with Intel 82801 
>> (ICH8) Raid controller. Not sure how to proceed.
>>
>> I have configured RAID1 array using the built-in Intel config utility 
>> (I have two physical drives, 320G each). When I try to run the 4.5 
>> installer, it sees two separate drives rather than the array. I do 
>> not want to create the software RAID, and I am not 100% sure what LVM 
>> is.
>>
>> To my understanding, I should see one raid device instead of two 
>> physical disks. How do I achieve that? Am I missing a driver? Is 
>> there an installer of SL4.x that can install on such a RAID?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Gena.
>>