On Friday 03 March 2006 06:23 am, Scott Silva wrote: > > RAID 1 partition: > > md0 = 80GB (or whatever the useable total is) > > > > Then include md0 in VolGroup00 and create your logical volumes. > > > > LV0 = 300MB (/boot) > > LV1 = 500MB (swap) > > LV2 = 9.2GB (/) > > LV3 = 70GB (/home) > > > > This way everything is mirrored and everything is in one VG. If you > > need more space, add another pair of mirrored drives and add the new > > mirrored device into VolGroup00. Then you can use the space to expand > > whichever filesystem needs it. I would also advise following the > > previous poster's advice and leaving a few GB unused so that you > > aren't forced to add more drives immediately when LV2 fills up faster > > than you expected. Ok guys, I have done it just like you suggesting (and also just like what the RHEL System Administrator Guide says). > But you can't boot from a /boot partition in LVM. It needs to be either a > physical partition or a raid1 array. That's why I make this partition scheme: sda1 and sdb1 = 300, mounted as /boot, raided as RAID 1 -> md0 sda2 and sdb2 = 79GB, raided as, raided as RAID 1 -> md1, then LVMed as VolGroup00, then added LV /, /home, and swap as needed. By the way, looks like the grub bug on Raid 1 is no longer exist on Centos 4.2. It correctly installs bootloader on both drives. I then tested the disaster plan, I unplugged one drive, got email from mdadm that the raid was in degraded mode. Plugged the drive back in, adding it again: mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sda1 mdadm /dev/md1 --add /dev/sda2 And the RAID is rebuild :) I love Centos :) Thank you very much. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 15:28:36 up 6:37, 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4 GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org