On 10/15/2012 03:46 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Ian Pilcher wrote: >> I'm sure that this information is somewhere on the Fedora Wiki, >> but my search-fu apparently isn't up to the task of finding it. >> >> What are the plans for LVM and/or software RAID support? >> >> Currently (F18 Beta TC2), it seems to be impossible for those of >> us who have fully allocated our storage to either (or both) of >> these technologies to install Fedora 18 at all. >> > How would that work? Not the install, but the boot? Unless your > BIOS knows how to handle LVM/RAID or you think you can shoehorn > them into a boot sector, doesn't the boot need to be a normal > partition?
Mirroring is fairly straightforward since you just need a bootloader on each bootable disk. Some BIOSes are less helpful than others when it comes to booting with a failed drive but with the right system it's possible to have a reliable set up (most of my server boxes use MD mirrors for boot). > Maybe I see too many dumb BIOS problems working with little ATOM > and similar appliances, but getting them to boot anything seems an > issue, and even with non-PC partitioning layouts I would expect to > need one simple boot partition the BIOS could understand. The BIOS only really needs to understand where to load a first stage bootloader from - the traditional MBR protocol from the 80s (with a few extras bolted on here and there). Different BIOSes are better or worse in this area and some really are crap but that doesn't seem like a reason to not support those layouts for systems where they do work. Regards, Bryn. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
