From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Greaves Subject: Re: Software RAID-1: step-by-step help needed... Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:18:01 +0100 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <4118CB09.80607@dgreaves.com> References: <41188A95.5000608@provincia.verbania.it> <411892D0.8050701@provincia.verbania.it> <87y8knxk1m.fsf@enki.rimspace.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <87y8knxk1m.fsf@enki.rimspace.net> To: Daniel Pittman Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids >>I see, but I *have to* install Debian on it. >>I already installed it (as a test) following the instructions found at: >>http://www.inittab.de/manuals/debootstrap.html >>I guess the hardest task will be configuring RAID, as the system works >>with the above procedure... >> >> > >The easiest way to get a RAID array in Debian is to install the testing >or unstable branch; the installer there supports creating the devices as >part of the boot sequence. > > Just to reinforce that http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ is just a couple of days old (7 Aug) and you may not have noticed this. Since you've selected Debian (good) it'd be nice to try the new installer and see if it offers the features you need. let us know... David