Bro just install normally and then try to config RAID 10 ... I guess you 
are looking for virtual RAID isn't it?


On 3/29/2014 5:19 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> On 28 March 2014 14:42, CS_DBA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Hi All;
>>>
>>> I have a server which we've setup with 2 - 500GB drives and 6 -  4TB
>>> drives
>>>
>>> I want to mirror the 2 500GB drives as a RAID 1 volume - works as expected
>>>
>>> However I also want to add all 6 4TB drives to a single RAID 10 RAID
>>> device
>>>
>>> I try and create a raid volume, choose one of the 4TB drives and it wont
>>> let me select more than 2TB of space.  Can someone give some insight on how
>>> to pull this off?
>> This is going to depend on a couple of factors:
>>
>> 1) If you are using SciLin-5 there may be a limit to the size of disk that
>> it can use.
>> 2) If you are using SciLin-6 it should be able to work because I believe it
>> uses gparted but it might only use that if your system booted in UEFI mode.
>> In BIOS mode or if it uses fdisk then it can only be used for disks no
>> larger than 2TB.
>> --
>> Stephen J Smoogen.
> Not 100% sure but if the 500GB drives are set up to be /boot (msdos
> partition), then the other drives can be partitioned using GPT.  If
> this is plausible, then UEFI mode is not required and GPT allows disks
> larger than 2TB.
>
> Akemi