From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Subject: Re: Problems with software raid - all mine I am sure Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:54:14 -0700 Message-ID: <45E46236.9090109@kmaclub.com> References: <45E31D6A.4040805@kmaclub.com> <20070227113819.GH19607@sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20070227113819.GH19607@sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Tru Huynh Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Tru Huynh wrote: > > ... > > > Why don't you do everything from the text/gui installation of fc6 > instead of swapping distributions? > > You can do everything you have said within the fc6 installer: > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/install-guide/fc6/en/sn-disk-druid.html > boot in raid1 on sda1/sdb1 > swap,/ and /export as raid5 on sd{abcd}{234} > ... > > I don't want to do an install - I already have a working machine and don't want to loose all of my changes and configuration. I did try this as well but was unable to figure out how to break out of the installer after the disks were partitioned/formatted so I could just do a restore. Also, I need to do a restore once the disks are assembled into the raid. If I plug my external disk in and boot it becomes sda which screws up the raid. If I plug in later in rescue mode, it isn't autodetected and I was unable to get the right modules loaded. That is why I tried knoppix. > you don't have to use LVM. > > I am not using LVM. However, LVM seems to latch onto sda at boot time and keeps it busy which causes problems. I am just surprised this is so difficult. Michael