Create your md devices by hand, its easy. Look at the software raid howto online. [I've been busy with the same task as you are :)] GG On 10/27/05, Sean Hawthorne <shawthorne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello All, > > I've been trying my darnedest to build a pair of clustered servers this > week. I have been though the RHEL4 install on all four machines. All of > which are the exact same hardware. One thing that is driving me nuts > though is Disk Druid. I have been very careful about building all my > partitions exactly the same (same order and sizes, etc....), yet I keep > getting different results. i.e. > > I'll slice both hard drives like so: > > sda1 200MB software raid > sda2 2000MB software raid > sda3 6000MB software raid > sda4 extended partition > sda5 232800MB software raid > > All the cluster sizes match and everything. All seems good. Then I start > making the RAID sets. Some times I'll end up with this: > > md0 200MB /boot > md1 6000MB / > md2 2000MB swap > md3 232800MB /data > > other times I'll end up with this (or something else completely). > > md0 2000MB swap > md1 6000MB / > md2 232800MB /data > md3 200MB /boot > > There doesn't seem to be any consistency in how disk druid orders the md > devices when they are created. While not 100% necessary to have the > clusters all setup exactly the same, it certainly does make > administering them easier if I don't have to deal with nuances like this. > > So, my questions: > > 1) Can anyone tell me how to repeatably get the same results from disk > druid each time, or why it does this? > 2) Is there any way to reorder the md devices once the system is > installed? What do I need to change/look for? > > -- > Sean Hawthorne > Roam IT Technical Professional > Email: shawthorne@xxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
