On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 06:16:32PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya andy > > On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Andy Firman wrote: > > > > for setup of a new system ( the right way?? ) > > > - make sure the partition type is FD(raid) not 82(linux) > > > > Can one simply change the partition type via fdisk on an existing system > > if one is going to add a new drive to RAID1 the drives? > > i havent tried it ... i prefer a "clean" system so i awlays > format the raid before and copying data from the orig drive to the new > raid
So when you bring up a new system, you mark all the partitions as FD? I just tried it and the installer tells me "No Linux partitions were detected. At least one Linux partition is required to hold the root filesystem...." Maybe I am taking your statements too literally. cfdisk shows this: hda1 boot Primary Linux raid autodetect 1003MB hda2 Primary Linux raid autodetect 3000MB hda3 Primary Linux raid autodetect 3000MB hda5 Logical Linux swap 1000MB hda6 Logical Linux raid autodetect 31988MB I can't install this way so I must use partition type 83 right? Also, do you put symbolic links to the images in /boot instead of / like this howto advises?: http://www.linustech.com.cy/linux/HOWTO/lvmraid/lvmraid.html http://www.linustech.com.cy/linux/HOWTO/lvmraid/node9.html Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]