On 6 March 2013 19:31, Gary Dale <garyd...@rogers.com> wrote: > On 06/03/13 02:26 PM, Adam Wolfe wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Ignore the advice from Adam Wolfe - it's nonsense. Use the Debian >>> installer (advanced mode) to create the RAID 5 array on drives with just one >>> partition (whole disk) as /dev/md0. Then partition the RAID 5 array into / >>> and /home. Install and reboot. >>> >>> If you are using Wheezy this will work directly. If you are using Squeeze >>> then you may need to fix the UUID in /boot/grub.cfg. >>> >>> I've done this successfully several times. It just works. >>> >>> >> Eh. I tried that too. Grub failed to install. > > > If grub doesn't install, then install it. Boot using the Debian installer as > a rescue CD, start the RAID array, chroot to the / partition and install > grub. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5137998e.3090...@rogers.com >
will try that, anything is better than buying a extra drive, thanks a lot for the advice will try wheezy too. not tried the installer for 6 months Dick Thomas About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas Blog: www.xpd259.co.uk G+: www.google.com/profiles/xpd259 gpg key: C791809B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAGe0=n3ama+ffzfealoie6goxulcj3kmupk2jzb6mwzzvet...@mail.gmail.com
