I downloaded sarge-i386-1.iso on 2 May 2005. I was happy to find installation options for BOTH RAID5 and LVM, right there in the disk partitioning menus.
They weren't totally intuitive to me; but, I managed to configure LVM on
RAID5 without any errors.
Then, I came to the boot loader step. It did NOT offer grub; rather, it
offered to configure LILO. Here is my problem:
Where should LILO install the boot block?
The first two options offered /dev/md0 -- neither of which are accepted
by this process. The third option (advanced) appears to allow me to
decide; but, I do NOT know where to put this.
My research indicates a lot of changes, in this regard, since Woody;
especially in the more recent 2.6.x kernels. I have found several
HOWTO's based on Woody, and favoring Raid0/1; and most of those were
written for Woody and 2.4.x kernels.
Where is there a HOWTO for LVM on RAID that focuses on Sarge?
Where is there a HOWTO for LVM on RAID that focuses on Raid5?
How can this be done at initial install; rather than build on one disk,
then build the Raid5 post-install?
Which is better as boot loader in this scenario, Lilo or Grub?
Is it better to leave a partition outside of the LVM? Which partition?
Root (/)? /boot?
Can this be done with everything on the Raid5?
Can this be done with everything on the LVM?
What resources are available to access such a configured system down the
road in the event of failure? Will Knoppix be able to understand this
configuration?
What do you think?
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helices
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