Hi, BIENVILLE Ignace said: >> 2. Re: Anaconda and Fedora Core 4 (Mark Wormgoor) > >> Message: 2 >> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 08:20:13 +0200 (CEST) >> From: "Mark Wormgoor" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: Anaconda and Fedora Core 4 >> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> Message-ID: >> <43666.167.202.196.71.1121926813.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-15 >> >> Hi, >> >> >> Does somebody know, how to force anaconda to take the >> /dev/mapper/via_** >> >> array as install disk? >> >> Or how to make a single disk become an array on a VIA chipset after >> an >> >> install off dmraid after an installation (transform /dev/sda >> >> in /dev/mapper/via_**). >> >> Thanks a lot and best regards >> > >> > Anaconda in Fedora Core 4 doesn't do this; it's a planned feature >> which >> > I'm working on for FC5. >> >> The easiest way (for now) is to install it on a standalone disk and then >> copy that installation to the dmraid box. You will need two small >> changes >> to rc.sysinit and mkinitrd to get it to boot. >> >> I have just upgraded my dmraid FC3 box to FC4 (using smart) and FC4 >> works >> just as good as FC3 with its root on a dmraid disk. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Mark >> -- >> *************************************************************** >> * |\ /| | /| / Mark Wormgoor * >> * | \ / | | / | / mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx * >> * | \/ |ark |/ |/ormgoor http://www.wormgoor.com/mark/ * >> *************************************************************** > Dear Mark, > > I just want to know how do you make it work, what did you put in your > rc.sysinit and mkinitrd. As i see you won't answered my direct mail, so > i'll aske you by the ataraid list!! > Is it too secret to tell it to us, who's wait impatientely for a working > linux box on a raid array with our cheapest SATA disk? > > so i tell you best regards, and i'll wait for your answer!! > Ignace I've attached the patch files to mkinitrd and rc.sysinit. You also need a patched lilo to install lilo (http://tienstra4.flatnet.tudelft.nl/~gerte/gen2dmraid/lilo-22.6-dmraid.patch). Some people have gotten grub to install on dmraid, but I haven't. Kind regards, Mark -- *************************************************************** * |\ /| | /| / Mark Wormgoor * * | \ / | | / | / mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx * * | \/ |ark |/ |/ormgoor http://www.wormgoor.com/mark/ * ***************************************************************
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