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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2008-03-14 09:02:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2008-03-14 09:02:40 +0000 |
| commit | 14924733556ef4a6f3d5fbf5f5265ea6816f6605 (patch) | |
| tree | b9263fb31ea294caced75411de0eaf2cb844fffd /en/using-d-i/modules | |
| parent | cbdb5923d0110eb76f4291c3c0f8b98193594909 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-14924733556ef4a6f3d5fbf5f5265ea6816f6605.zip | |
Warn about boot issues when using RAID on the root file system
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| -rw-r--r-- | en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml index bfe16931d..e1ebb161a 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml @@ -155,12 +155,24 @@ settings</guimenu> menu where you should select <menuchoice> <guimenu>Use as:</guimenu> <guimenuitem>physical volume for RAID</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.) -</para><warning><para> +</para><note><para> + +Make sure that the system can be booted with the partitioning scheme +you are planning. In general it will be necessary to create a separate +file system for <filename>/boot</filename> when using RAID for the root +(<filename>/</filename>) file system. +Most boot loaders <phrase arch="x86">(including lilo and grub)</phrase> +do support mirrored (not striped!) RAID1, so using for example RAID5 for +<filename>/</filename> and RAID1 for <filename>/boot</filename> can be +an option. + +</para></note> +<warning><para> Support for MD is a relatively new addition to the installer. You may experience problems for some RAID levels and in combination with some bootloaders if you try to use MD for the root -(<filename>/</filename>) filesystem. For experienced users, it may be +(<filename>/</filename>) file system. For experienced users, it may be possible to work around some of these problems by executing some configuration or installation steps manually from a shell. |