> -----Original Message----- > From: Salvador Santander Gutiérrez > > Exact!!! We've installed RedHat Linux with logical volumes > and we had to > install / on a ext3 partition, not in a logical volume. Hi Salvador, I managed to get 2 raid devices /dev/md0 for /boot and /dev/md1 for vg00 with / in vg00. You should be able to get / in a VG if you wanted :) Cheers Nick . > -----Mensaje original----- > De: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]En nombre de Cecilio Marín > Enviado el: martes, 25 de octubre de 2005 17:14 > Para: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Asunto: Re: Raid and LVM at boot on RHEL4 > > > Hi, > > I think your problem is the type of partition. > > For grub is requesite /boot partition will be ext3, NOT LVM. Make sure > you put /dev/md0 as ext3. > > Atte. > > Lunt, Nick escribió: > > >Hello folks, > > > >We have some Proliant DL145 machines which do not come with a raid > controller but do come with 2 identical internal disks. > > > >I tried to do the install with putting the two disks in a > raid1 config via > the command line as Anaconda would not allow me to perform a > mixed raid and > LVM setup at install. > > > >Here's is what I did, > > > >Boot off disk 1 > >Before getting to the configure file systems bit I went onto > console 2 and > did this - > > > >fdisk /dev/sda creating a 300Mb bootable partition sda1 for > /boot and left > the rest of the disk as a partition of type linux raid autodetect. > > > >I then did exactly the same on /dev/sdb > > > >I created /dev/md0 with /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 and /dev/md1 > with /dev/sda2 > and /dev/sdb2 > > > >My aim was to use /dev/md0 as a raid 1 /boot partition and > /dev/md1 as LVM > for the rest of the OS. > >So I pvcreated /dev/md1 and vgcreated vg00 with /dev/md1. > > > >Next I switched back to console 7 to carry on with the > install, Anaconda > recognised the LVM and raid structure Id put on the disks and > allowed me to > create lvols in the vg. > > > >No problems so far, however, just before it starts > installing the packages > it formats the partitions then tells me it could not mount > /boot (even tho > it just formatted it) and presents a really unhelpful button > saying "press > ok to reboot" -- NICE ! ;) > > > >Anyhoo, has anyone managed to get raid and lvm working from > install on RHEL > 4 ? > > > >Im going to keep trying to get this to work, but if anyone > has any pointers > they would be well appreciated. > > > >Many thanks, > >Nick . > > > > > > > >Wesleyan Administration Services Ltd registered number > 5188850 and Wesleyan > Unit Trust Managers Ltd registered number 2114859 ("WUTM Ltd") > >are wholly owned subsidiary companies of Wesleyan Assurance > Society, whose > registered number is ZC145. > >WUTM Ltd is a member of IMA. 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