Hello, We're using custom kickstarts to install to HP DL140 servers. Since these servers have 2 IDE hard drives, we're using RAID 1 software raid to configure them. The actual raid configuration works perfectly, the systems install, although very slowly. I tracked the slowness problem to the fact that anaconda appears to be automatically rebuilding the RAID array on each install. I've tried trashing the MBR (ie, dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1k count=512; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdb bs=1k count=512) and this seems to perfectly remove the partition table information as shown by fdisk -l but yet still as soon as anaconda makes the partitions during the kickstart, the RAID rebuilding kicks off again. Vital statistics : Fedora core 3 HP Dl140 - xeon processor 1GB ram 2 x IDE hard drives Any thoughts or suggestions would be gratefully received, Paul This e-mail is the property of Quadriga Worldwide Ltd The message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be monitored. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions that are present in this message, or any attachment, that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company.
