Re: Installing FC5 on Hardware Raid1 with SATA HD on Tyan Server

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karl@xxxxxxxx wrote:
I have a Tyan Transport GT20 server.  The server has an onboard Adaptec RAID device and an onboard Intel RAID device.
 
I've installed FC3 and FC4 on single drive systems in the past without issues.

This is the first time I've installed Fedora (I'd like to try FC5) in a RAID0 configuration.
 
Hardware...
 
Tyan Transport GT20 based on Tyan Tomcat i7221A S5151 motherboard
Adaptec RAID and IntelRAID ROMs on the motherboard
Twin 400GB Western Digital SATA Harddrives.
 
I'd like to use the hardware RAID to mirror the installation on both drives (RAID1), so if one fails, I can just replace and rebuild via the RAID utility.
 
Can someone guide me step-by-step how to accomplish this?
 
Does it matter if the drives are Master and Slave, or should I use the bays that both make them Masters?
Should I be using the Adaptec RAID?
 
Thanks,

Karl Ellzey
DANGER WILL ROBINSON!! *bleep* *bleep*

I assume you know that JD series Western Digital disks are in compatible with some adaptec controllers.
http://adaptec-tic.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/adaptec_tic.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=14154&p_created=1127142307&p_sid=SKh2o8ai&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NiZwX3Byb2RzPTAmcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MSZwX3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PVdlc3Rlcm4gRGlnaXRhbA**&p_li=&p_topview=1

This may not be the case for you, as you would have already discovered this. Still I was amazed these kind of problems still exist today.  This is the stuff of about 5 years ago.
I'd go for the Intel RAID on the chipset, given my recent grievance with the adaptec stuff (personal preference).

If you're using SATA disks, they have no concept of master/slave in the ATA sense. They are all masters, just on different ports (One disk per SATA channel), so just pick one to be the RAID 1 Mirror master.

Hmm, the next step is not my forte, so I too am interested in how to install here.

I would imagine it would be something like....  create a custom initrd with the libs necessary to interact with the RAID container, but I'm not sure how to do this either.

H





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