----- Original Message ----- From: "Callide- Eagle Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2001 9:25 Subject: root raid & xfs journalling file system - woody
> Hi, > > Please cc me as I'm not on the list yet. > > I'll be soon setting up a server at work running debian woody (yes I've been > running it on a workstation for a month no problems) and will need to use > software raid 5 on 3 scsi disks on top of which I would like to use the SGI > journalling file system. > > Is anyone on the list using this combination? > > If so any pointers for installation? > > 1. I thought the way I might start out would be to install the base system > on an IDE drive and install a compilled kernel and tools required to set up > the raid and xfs file systems > > 2. Reboot the new kernel configure the raid array, partition the logical > drive, format the file systems. > > 3 Reboot again transfer the relevant files across to the new root partition > on the raid array, edit fstab and lilo, make a boot floppy then boot off > floppy, tell lilo to boot off the new root file system on the logical disk > (raid array) at the lilo prompt and then run /sbin/lilo. (Will this work > with the new array? Or should I have a copy of the boot partition on each > disk?) > > Any better suggestions? > > > Thanks in advance, > > Peter Firmstone. > > > N.B. we won't be using MS Outlook for much longer due to virus problems. >
