On 01/05/2011 02:58 PM, Matthew Saltzman wrote: >> I've seldom actually used this in practice as it's typically more fiddly than >> the non-partitioned equivalent but there are situations where it can be useful >> (generally when I need to simulate some external storage that "must" be >> partitioned using Linux MD devices). >> >> Regards, >> Bryn. > > Thanks for the education! Np, just posted for completeness really :-) > IIRC, the original question had to do with a new install of F14, in > which case Anaconda is probably the tool the OP is expecting to use. I Yes, absolutely - there are also other benefits to sticking with what anaconda can directly configure, e.g. the ability to script the entire setup via kickstart (OK you could do some fancy %pre scripting but the raid directive is generally easier to use). > I also agree that it's unnecessarily fiddly if you don't know that you > need to handle it that way. I prefer to work with the tools provided > when I can, rather than fight them. Agreed. It's one of those things that I'd come across that has been useful on rare occasions but that a lot of users don't even realise is possible since it's not supported by the more familiar tools. Regards, Bryn. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
